Finian McGrath
Question:40 Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a tender in respect of premises (details supplied) in Dublin 3. [7130/11]
View answerThursday, 7 April 2011
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In the mid 1970s Squash Ireland, a commercial company, secured the use of a portion of the site to which the Deputy refers. This company subsequently went into liquidation. In an effort to maintain the facility, the Department, through the Board of Management, engaged the services of a temporary caretaker to run the facility. In 2010, on foot of communication from both the school management authority and the caretaker of the squash facility, my Department undertook an examination of the long term use of the facility and concluded that the operation of the facility should not continue.
Accordingly, the Board of Management was advised that in the circumstances it would be appropriate to make the Caretaker post in respect of the facility redundant. I am advised that on foot of the examination of the operation of the facility, it was both the Department's and the school authority's understanding that the facility was used on a pay per play basis with there being no membership fees, no club officers nor rules/constitution that would normally be expected of a club.
In terms of the future use of the building, further consultation with the school authorities will be required in the first instance.