The National Aquatic Centre, the first facility developed at the Campus at Abbotstown, opened in 2003. During severe weather conditions in the west Dublin area on 1 January 2005, damage was caused to the roof of the National Aquatic Centre. Consulting Structural and Civil Engineers, Kavanagh Mansfield & Partners, were commissioned to examine the damage and oversee the repairs. Repair works at the National Aquatic Centre were completed on 20 May 2005 and the Centre was reopened to the public on that date. Kavanagh Mansfield and Partners have certified that the programme of works was carried out in accordance with the requirements of the design and secured certification from the designer's contractors and subcontractors in relation to the various elements of the works. The repair works cost just over €1 million and were completed at no cost to Campus Stadium Ireland Ltd. (CSID).
During the period 2001 to 2003 a sum of €3m was spent on site development works, site surveys and the preparation of a development plan for the site.
In November 2005 the Government gave its assent to the commencement of phase one of the development of the National Sports Campus at Abbotstown and a capital allocation of €9.5 million has been included in my Department's Vote in respect of costs likely to arise this year.
The estimated overall cost of the Phase 1 development is €119m over a 4 to 5 year period. Planning and preparatory work for this project has commenced and work is already underway on the refurbishment of the State Laboratory as the new headquarters for FAI Ireland.