Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)

Allocations were made in 2011 under a special local authority sports capital initiative and also under an initiative for local authority swimming pools to improve access for people with disabilities and to make the pools more energy efficient. The sports capital initiative, which was developed following discussions with the County and City Managers Association, allocated funding to projects that could increase participation in sports. All local authorities were invited to submit applications for funding and every application received was assessed according to criteria set out in the letter to local authorities inviting applications. All eligible applications were allocated funding. In total 111 separate allocations were made with a total value of €4.5 million.

The swimming pools allocations were also made on foot of an invitation to local authorities to submit applications to improve access for people with disabilities and/or to make pools more energy efficient. In total 56 pools were allocated funding of €10.9 million.

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