Patrick Nulty (Dublin West, Labour)
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Question 551: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if capital funding will be provided to construct permanent changing facilities for sports clubs in Hartstown Park, Dublin 15, in view of the fact that existing facilities were recently destroyed by vandalism; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33483/12]

Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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The provision of these facilities is a matter more appropriate to Fingal County Council.

I am informed that a number of storage containers located in Hartstown Park, Clonsilla, Dublin 15, were targeted in an arson attack which resulted in damage to equipment belonging to local soccer clubs. The possibility of relocating the containers to a location closer to the newly constructed all weather pitch to facilitate the storage of equipment in a more secure location is currently being examined by the local authority.

I am also informed that it is a long term objective of the local authority to eliminate containers from Hartstown Park and, subject to the availability of funding, to seek to build a new facility which will incorporate changing and storage facilities at a site adjacent to the all weather facility and a local school. No application was received from the local authority under the 2012 Sports Capital programme for such a project.

Should an application be made under the next round, I shall be happy to give it full consideration.