COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, December 08, 2008

QUESTION NO. 3

QUESTION: Councillor S. Crowe

To ask the Manager will he give an update on the meetings he has had with state departments in relation to the ongoing difficulty being experienced by leisure and swimming pools in the County?

REPLY:

South Dublin County Council Community Department has been in regular contact with the relevant government departments and has expressed disappointment at the unavailability of funding. The Council also has submitted its Water Leisure Strategy Review to the Department of Arts Sports and Tourism in anticipation of the reopening of the Swimming Pool programme together with a presentation directly to them on a wide number of proposed projects highlighting our progress on delivery to date.

The re-opening of the Swimming Pool Programme by the Dept.of Arts, Sports and Tourism is required to allow the Council's proposals to be progressed.

We await a decision from the Department as to when funding will again become available.