Aengus Ó Snodaigh
Question:206. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he will provide funding to start phase 2 of the Samuel Beckett Civic Campus in Ballyogan in County Dublin. [10950/16]
View answerThursday, 19 May 2016
Questions (206)
Written answers
The Local Authority Swimming Pool Programme (LASPP) provides for grant aid to local authorities towards the capital costs of new swimming pools or the refurbishment of existing pools. I am advised that a swimming pool is a substantial element of Phase 2 of the Samuel Beckett Civic Campus in Ballyogan in County Dublin. In January of this year, my Department contacted local authorities and sought expressions of interest in a limited round of swimming pool allocations, subject to funding becoming available from other projects where those projects would not be progressed. There were three expressions of interest received for new pools, two of which were valid and both in Dublin, one in Lucan and the other in Ballyogan. Having assessed existing commitments and the funding available, including funding that will become available from withdrawn projects, it was considered prudent to progress one additional new pool project at this time. Following consideration of the expressions of interest, and the two valid proposals for new pools, it was decided to include the proposal from South Dublin County Council (SDCC) for a new swimming pool in Lucan in the LASPP.