David Stanton (Cork East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I congratulate the Minister of State on finally getting this off the ground because it has been promised for quite a number of years.

Maybe the Minister of State could tell the House what is his ambition for and vision of this strategy. I am sure the Minister of State is aware that schools are finding it difficult to provide swimming which is part of the curriculum, especially if they have to travel fairly long distances to get to a swimming pool and if there is a cost involved in that which they find it difficult to meet. There is also class time lost in many instances. Will this strategy include some form of national analysis of locations of swimming pools and the need for swimming pools in certain areas? Can the Minister of State be any more definite with respect to when this strategy will be published and concluded?

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