Ned O'Keeffe
Ceist:260 Mr. N. O'Keeffe asked the Minister for Tourism, Sport and Recreation the progress which has been made to date in 2001 in relation to the provision of a new facility (details supplied) in County Cork. [32382/01]
Written Answers. - Swimming Pool Projects.
Under the local authority swimming pool programme, which is administered by my Department, there are four stages in a swimming pool project. These, in order of progress, are preliminary report; contract document; tender and construction. My Department's technical advisers, the Office of Public Works evaluates each stage and local authorities cannot proceed to the next stage of a project unless prior approval issues from my Department. Grant aid is allocated only when tenders have been received for the project and will be capped at the time of allocation.
The current position with the replacement pool proposal in Cobh is that Cobh UDC was advised to seek tenders for the work involved. A report of the tender process, including the seeking of approval to award a contract to the successful tenderer has been received but further documentation was required and has been requested from the local authority. When this documentation is received, our technical advisers can then assess the proposal.