Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Independent)
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169. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in respect of the swimming pools programme, if he will provide a full list of completed projects; the projects that are under way; the projects that are intended to be commenced for which approval has been granted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18119/14]

Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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The current round of the Local Authority Swimming Pool Programme was closed to new applicants on 31 July 2000.  My priority in relation to this Programme is to deal with existing projects. There are four stages in the development of a project under the Local Authority Swimming Pool Programme, namely Preliminary Report, Contract Documents, Tender and Construction. Since 2000, 58 projects have or are being dealt with under the Programme, of which 49 have been completed and the other 9 projects are at various stages of the Programme. Two of these projects (Clara and De Paul Navan Road) have been formally allocated a grant following Tender Report stage.  The other 7 projects, namely Castlebar, Dunmanway, Buncrana, Edenderry, Balbriggan, Ballaghadereen and Loughrea, are at various other stages of the programme. The following is the list of the 49 pools that have been completed:

Arklow

Enniscorthy 

Navan 

Courtown/Gorey

Wicklow

Dundalk

Roscommon

Ennis

Tralee AquaDome

Ballinasloe

Finglas

Grove Island, Limerick

Tralee Sports and Leisure Centre 

Clonmel

Churchfield, Cork City

Ballymun

Tuam

Drogheda

Monaghan town

Cobh 

Youghal

Jobstown

Monaghan

Ballybunion

Birr

Letterkenny

Askeaton

Longford 

St. Joseph's School for Deaf Boys

Portarlington

Portlaoise 

Clondalkin

Thurles

St Michael's House, Dublin

Killarney                             

Bray

Ballyfermot

Greystones

Tullamore

Kilkenny City

Athy

Naas

Dundrum, Co. Dublin 

Claremorris

Roscrea 

Ferrybank

Loughlinstown

Ballybofey Stranorlar                               

New Ross.