Sinéad Gibney (Dublin Rathdown, Social Democrats)
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356. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if there have been any funding or grant requests with his Department or bodies under its aegis in the past 12 months for the operation of pop-up pools. [40566/25]

Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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My Department operates two capital funding programmes for sport, namely the Community Sports Facilities Fund (CSFF) and the Large Scale Sport Infrastructure Fund (LSSIF). The Department has not received applications for funding toward pop-up pools in the past year.

Sinéad Gibney (Dublin Rathdown, Social Democrats)
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357. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department is aware of any pop-up pools which were funded through capital grants from his Department or Sport Ireland which are not currently in use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40567/25]

Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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In 2021 Swim Ireland was awarded funding for a pop-up pool and the ancillary equipment for another pop-up pool as part of the Sport Ireland Targeted Equipment (SITE) scheme . Any question is relation to the pool should be directed to Swim Ireland, the National Governing Body (NGB) for swimming. All NGBs are independent, autonomous bodies and as such, are responsible for their own governance and operational matters, including the operation and deployment of its facilities and equipment.