I propose to take Questions Nos. 350 and 399 together.
My Department has received four separate proposals for the provision of a 50-metre pool including the submission from the Dublin International Sports Council. These proposals differ in terms of the type of 50-metre pool, the range and scale of ancillary facilities and the estimated costs involved.
As I have outlined in replies to previous parliamentary questions the question of the provision of a 50-metre pool is being considered by the sports strategy group in the context of the future development and funding of sports facilities at national and community level.
Pending the publication of the sports strategy report, which I expect to be available by mid-February 1997, I am not in a position to give details of the progress of the project.