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

There have been instances where there was public funding for a number of pools in the same location. Even though one was built, it was not viable as a consequence of the area not having the population to support two pools. This is essentially the kind of thing that brings these kinds of projects into disrepute. We have a national standard of one for every 110,000 people. We might as well not have a national standard if we do not have the means and do not recognise that we need to provide sufficient money because carrying a debt in a situation that is very finely tuned means that we are into a difficulty from day one. I question the thinking around this. I will take it up elsewhere.