Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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266. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which he expects to continue the swimming pool programme in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39086/16]

Shane Ross (Dublin Rathdown, Independent)
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Under the Local Authority Swimming Pool Programme (LASPP), 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 projects in the current programme are Dunmanway, Castlebar, Buncrana, Edenderry and Lucan, each of which are at various stages of the programme. There are four stages in the development of a project under the LASPP, namely Preliminary Report, Contract Documents, Tender and Construction. The priority in 2017 will be on progressing the above named projects through to the next stages of the programme, as appropriate.