Jennifer Murnane O'Connor (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I have one other short question. We have wonderful community swimming pools around the country. Children's swimming lessons are currently postponed. This is a vital part of the school curriculum. What is being done to support a return to healthy sports such as swimming for our young people? Community pools such as mine in Carlow have been a great outlet for those wishing to ease back into exercise. Swimming has been called the perfect exercise. It is just a concern I have. Perhaps the witnesses could come back to me on it. With community pools, as they themselves know, again, fundraising has been a major issue. Schools from around the county, including my area, used to attend the pool in Carlow and now they cannot. Will there be a certain criterion such that pools will get special funding? They play such a significant part in our community.