Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 29 April 2015
156. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which he expects to be in a position to offer grant funding from the national lottery proceeds to fund municipal swimming pools in the current year, through the medium of the sports capital grants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16987/15]
View answerI would like to clarify for the Deputy that the Local Authority Swimming Pool Programme is not funded from the National Lottery Licence transaction or from the Sports Capital Programme. The Local Authority Swimming Pool Programme is funded from a separate subhead in my Department.
Under the Local Authority Swimming Pool Programme grant aid to a maximum of €3.8 million is provided to local authorities towards the capital costs of new swimming pools or the refurbishment of existing pools.
The current round of the Local Authority Swimming Pool Programme was closed to new applicants on 31 July 2000. Since 2000, 58 projects have or are being dealt with under the Local Authority Swimming Pool Programme of which 49 have been completed and the other 9 projects are at various stages of the Programme.
