Ned O'Keeffe
Question:258 Mr. N. O'Keeffe asked the Minister for Tourism, Sport and Recreation the progress which has been made to date regarding the provision of a new facility (details supplied) in County Cork. [32350/01]
Written Answers. - Swimming Pool Projects.
Under the local authority swimming pool programme, which is administered by my Department, there are four stages in a swimming pool project. These, in order of progress, are preliminary report; contract document; tender and construction. My Department's technical advisers, the Office of Public Works, evaluates 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 received for the project and will be capped at the time of allocation.
The current position with the new pool proposal in Youghal is that Youghal UDC submitted a preliminary report to my Department and I approved that report on 11 July 2001. This approval allows Youghal UDC to prepare detailed contract documents for the work proposed.