Billy Timmins
Ceist:331 Mr. Timmins asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the position in relation to the funding application for a swimming pool at Greystones, County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4310/03]
Vol. 561 No. 4
331 Mr. Timmins asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the position in relation to the funding application for a swimming pool at Greystones, County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4310/03]
Under the local authority swimming pool programme, administered by my Department, there are four stages in a swimming pool project following the submission of a feasibility study. These, in order of progress, are: preliminary report; contract documents; tender and construction. My Department's technical advisors, the Office of Public Works (OPW), evaluate each stage and local authorities cannot proceed to the next stage of a project unless prior approval issues from my Department. Grant aid is allocated only when tenders have been approved for the project and will be capped at the time of allocation.