Imelda Munster (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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1590. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to fund the redevelopment of the leisure centre and swimming pool in Buncrana, County Donegal. [1196/17]

Patrick O'Donovan (Limerick County, Fine Gael)
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The refurbishment of the pool in Buncrana, Co. Donegal has been included in the Local Authority Swimming Pool Programme since 2000. Detailed contract documents were received by the Department in 2015. Some clarifications were sought on these documents and a response was received from the Council in March 2016. The documents and additional clarifications were examined by the Department's technical advisor and my officials wrote to Donegal County Council in November seeking some further clarifications in relation to these. If the contract documents are approved, the next stage of the process would be for the Council to proceed to tender stage and, following receipt of a tender report, it would be at that stage that a formal grant allocation would be considered. In this regard, it should be noted that the maximum possible grant available under the Local Authority Swimming Pool Programme is €3.8m.