Michael McCarthy (Cork South West, Labour)
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Question 644: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding allocated to public swimming pools in Ireland in 2009, 2010 and 2011, respectively, in tabular form; the amount allocated each year to capital and refurbishment funding, to allocations for disability access, and to any other areas relating to public swimming pools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31324/11]

Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Under the Local Authority Swimming Pool Programme (LASPP) grant-aid up to a maximum of €3.8m per pool is provided to local authorities for the construction of a new local authority pool, a replacement pool or the refurbishment of an existing pool. A new pool is one located in an area that does not have a pool, a replacement pool may be on the site of a former pool or on a greenfield site in the same area.

Under the Programme the following grant aid was allocated to local authorities in 2009, 2010 and 2011.

Under the Programme the following grant aid was allocated to local authorities in 2009, 2010 and 2011.

In 2011, a total of €10.67m in funding has been approved for energy upgrading and enhanced disabled access for 33 local authorities in respect of 56 pools, as set out in tabular form hereunder.

In 2011, a total of €10.67m in funding has been approved for energy upgrading and enhanced disabled access for 33 local authorities in respect of 56 pools, as set out in tabular form hereunder.

The grants were allocated on the basis that local authorities would complete the work and draw down the grants before the end of this year.