Written answers

Tuesday, 12 April 2005

Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism

Swimming Pool Projects

9:00 pm

Photo of Emmet StaggEmmet Stagg (Kildare North, Labour)
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Question 480: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the position on the application by Kildare County Council for grant aid towards the cost of replacing the swimming pool at Naas, County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11111/05]

Photo of John O'DonoghueJohn O'Donoghue (Kerry South, Fianna Fail)
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Kildare County Council applied for grant-aid under the local authority swimming pool programme towards the cost of replacing the swimming pool in Naas. I recently approved the contract documents for this project and this approval allows the Council to seek tenders for the work proposed.

Under the pool programme, the maximum grant available is €3.8 million, which is available towards either the refurbishment of existing pools or the provision of new pools, subject in both cases to the total grant not exceeding 80% of the eligible cost of the project or, in the case of projects located in disadvantaged areas, 90% of the eligible cost. Grant aid is not formally allocated until the tenders have been approved for a project.

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