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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF LUCAN AREA COMMITTEE

Wednesday, December 16, 2015

MOTION NO. 5

MOTION: Councillor P. Gogarty

That this Committee writes to the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport seeking urgent clarification on a recent reply to a parliamentary question by the Minister that no decision has been taken on any new round of the swimming pool programme and that his priority now is "the completion of the projects in the existing programme" and to explain how this contrasts with a recent statement by his colleague the Minister for Justice, following a meeting with Minister of State Ring that "the national pool scheme will be re-opened for a number of pools", given the huge need in Lucan for such a pool and the shortage of funding for the Council now compared to its original commitment to construct a pool out of its own resources in 2006; and furthermore to outline if the scheme's limit of €3.8 million can be potentially enhanced by other supplementary grants were a Lucan swimming pool funding application by South Dublin County Council to make any new building a multi-use facility using 'Universal Design' techniques which will maximise community gain and reduce exchequer requirements for a number of stand-alone facilities in the Lucan area.

REPORT:

 If the motion is passed at the meeting, a letter will issue to the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport.