Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank Deputy Berry for raising the issue of the Ice Dome at DkIT. It is an excellent piece of infrastructure and it is sad that it has been out of use for so long. I have been advised that DkIT is actively engaged in a process to secure a lease arrangement for the Ice Dome. I understand that the intention is to enter into a lease arrangement with a sporting organisation but, as these discussions are private and confidential, I do not know which sporting organisation that is. The conduct and the process to secure the lease arrangement is a matter for the IT directly but I will certainly mention to the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Deputy Harris, and the Minister of State at the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport, Gaeltacht and Media, Deputy Chambers, that Deputy Berry raised this important issue in the House.

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