Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

I endorse the points made about speeding up the grants system. Anything that can be done to improve that will be important because it has an impact.

Swimming pool funds have been allocated. The desirable level to get to is one swimming pool per every 50,000 people. My constituency is probably the worst example or one of the worst examples in the country. We have one swimming pool for every 110,000 people. The way swimming pools are funded becomes very problematic in that there must be matching funds.

Is the Government considering changing this because it is one of the sports that stretch across the age spectrum?