Jack Chambers (Dublin West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The Deputy has received some local knowledge there. This is a serious issue. Many funding allocations were made at the start of this year under the LSSIF and they are being fed through. We are committed to reviewing progress in 2021 with a view to potentially reopening for applications to include swimming pool projects like that in Carrickmacross, as referred to by the Deputy. We want to reconvene the sports leadership group and we will do that this month. As the Deputy has said, the programme for Government places a key emphasis on participation. The swimming pools in all of our local areas are a very important pillar of participation in that they are available to everybody. The Deputy has also referred to the importance of local authorities in this regard. We have a member of local government on the sports leadership group. When the group is reconvened, there will be discussions on whether the application process will reopen next year, pending the review I have mentioned.

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