Seán Crowe (Dublin South West, Sinn Fein)
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25. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans, apart from the €5.6m allocated in the Local Authority Swimming Pool Programme for the development/improvement of swimming pools, to allocate additional funds in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22849/13]

Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Under the current round of the Local Authority Swimming Pool Programme, grant aid to a maximum of €3.8 million is provided to local authorities towards the capital cost of new swimming pools or the refurbishment of existing pools. Some 47 projects have been completed and 11 other projects are at various stages of development.  Some €7.7 million was paid out last year in respect of swimming pools. Some €5.6 million is available this year, all of which is expected to be paid out to grantees. In 2011, €10.94 million was allocated to 56 pools under an energy upgrade and enhanced disabled access initiative. A further €3.36 million was allocated to 20 pools in 2012 under this initiative. This means that the total allocated under this initiative was €14.3 million. The current round of the Programme was closed to new applicants on 31 July 2000. No decision has been taken on the timing of a new round of the Programme.