Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 224: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the sports hall of a school (details supplied) in County Dublin will be made available for community use; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32201/06]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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My Department has provided funding in excess of €34m for the construction of nine dual use halls with enhanced facilities, attached to post-primary schools. Eight of the halls, including the hall referred to by the Deputy, are in Dublin and one is in Cork.

The halls in question have been built as part of a joint programme to develop community sports facilities in drugs task force areas. As the halls are of a much greater magnitude than the average school PE hall, issues relating to the funding, management structure and staffing of the halls have had to be considered.

The Department is working in close co-operation with the local councils and VEC to provide the best possible management scheme.