Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Independent)
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248. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a list of each public swimming pool in the State by location; if he will also provide a list of all planned swimming pools and pools under construction by location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43705/14]

Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Under the Local Authority Swimming Pool Programme grant aid to a maximum of €3.8 million is provided to local authorities towards the capital costs of new swimming pools or the refurbishment of existing pools.

The current round of the Local Authority Swimming Pool Programme was closed to new applicants on 31 July 2000. Since 2000, 58 projects have or are being dealt with under the Local Authority Swimming Pool Programme of which 49 have been completed and the other 9 projects are at various stages of the Programme.  Two of these projects (Clara in County Offaly  and The De Paul Pool in Dublin) are under construction.  The other 7 projects (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