Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 18 November 2020
Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht
Key Priorities for Sport Ireland and Impact of Covid-19 on Sports Sector: Sport Ireland
Mr. John Treacy:
Yes, there will be a quick turnaround. It is being done by Active Ireland with set criteria. That will be done sometime in December. The Chair is right in saying there are huge costs involved when one is carrying a swimming pool. We see it in the Sport Ireland Campus in terms of the 50 m pool. It is very expensive heating a 50 m pool for elite swimmers while having no recreational swimmers coming in. There are real costs and real needs at local level in terms of some of these indoor facilities.
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