Emmet Stagg (Kildare North, Labour)
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Question 330: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism further to Parliamentary Question No. 99 of 16 June 2005, when Kildare County Council will be given permission to draw up contract details; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23637/05]

John O'Donoghue (Kerry South, Fianna Fail)
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As I indicated in my reply to Question No. 99 of 16 June 2005, I approved the detailed contract documents, submitted by Kildare County Council, for the Naas swimming pool project in March 2005. It is now a matter for the council to further this project by inviting tenders.

Olwyn Enright (Laois-Offaly, Fine Gael)
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Question 331: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the position in respect of the funding application of a pool (details supplied); when a decision will be reached on this application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23639/05]

John O'Donoghue (Kerry South, Fianna Fail)
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Under the terms of the local authority swimming pool programme, Offaly County Council applied grant aid to refurbish the swimming pools in Clara and Birr, to provide a new pool in Tullamore and to replace the pool in Edenderry. As I indicated in a reply to Parliamentary Question No. 192 by the Deputy on 12 October 2004, the council was asked to identify its priorities concerning the development of swimming pools in the county, as projects of this nature require considerable capital commitment by local authorities. In this regard, the council recently indicated to my Department that it had decided to prioritise its applications for the refurbishment of the pool in Birr in 2005 and for the provision of a pool in Tullamore in 2006. Accordingly, I am pleased to advise the Deputy that I recently approved the preliminary report for the refurbishment of the pool in Birr. This approval allows the council to have the detailed contract documents prepared for the project.