Vol. 463 No. 5
49 Mr. B. O'Keeffe asked the Minister for Education the reason a letter of sanction dated 29 September 1995 addressed to the Assistant City Manager of Cork Corporation sanctioning a tender for the erection of a swimming pool complex was withdrawn and subsequently replaced with a further letter of sanction dated 23 October 1995, from which the first condition relating to access to the site through Rossbrook residential estate had been deleted. [6781/96]
A grant of £2.5 million was allocated by my Department under the major sports capital programme to Cork Corporation for the provision of a regional sports centre, including a swimming pool, at Bishopstown in Cork.
A letter issued from my Department on 29 September 1996 authorising Cork Corporation to accept a tender for the construction of the building. This letter outlined the terms and conditions for the payment of the grant and sought confirmation from Cork Corporation, as client for the project, that the contractor had access to the construction site through the adjoining Rossbrook housing estate. This confirmation was sought as Cork Corporation had identified this road for access to the site in the late 1980s when planning for the project commenced and the tenders for the project included access to the site through this estate.
