Emmet Stagg (Kildare North, Labour)
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Question 185: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport when the sports capital programme and the local authority swimming pool programme will recommence [36963/10]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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Under the Sports Capital Programme, funding is allocated to sporting and to voluntary and community organisations at local, regional and national level throughout the country. Since 1998 an amount of €730m has been allocated to 7,400 projects throughout the country. This investment has transformed the quantity and quality of sports facilities throughout the country. Given the current budgetary situation and the high level of outstanding commitments it was considered prudent to take stock prior to announcing the next round of the Programme and accordingly no date has been set for the next round of the Programme.

The question of funding a new round of the Local Authority Swimming Pool Programme will be a matter for discussion as part of the Annual Estimates process between the Department of Tourism, Culture and Sport and the Department of Finance this year.