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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF LUCAN AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, April 24, 2012

MOTION NO. 3

MOTION: Councillor W. Lavelle

That this Area Committee: NOTING that in the period 2007-2011 only 0.18% of the total capital expenditure by the Community Services Department was invested in Lucan despite the fact that according to the latest census the population increase in Lucan in the same period was more than twice that in the remainder of the county; FURTHER NOTING the need to ensure that sporting and recreational facilities, including the Lucan Sports and Leisure Centre, are operated on a financially sustainable basis, REQUESTS the Manager to examine my proposal (which I first introduced during discussions on my motion on boxing clubs at the March meeting) to provide an extension to the Lucan Sports and Leisure Centre to include additional floor space, both dedicated and multi-functional, for use by sports and recreation groups including in particular local boxing clubs and dance and fitness groups; and to seek to progress this proposed project for inclusion in the next Rolling Capital Programme.

REPORT:

The possible addition of an extension to the Lucan Leisure Centre is under consideration, along with other proposals, in the context of the recently announced reopening of the Sports Capital Grants Scheme by the Department of Transport Tourism and Sport.  When considering any such proposals, it is a pre-requisite in this financial climate that any such additional facility must be sustainable in every sense - from a financial perspective and also from a need and usage point of view.