2251. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the plans to redevelop the old swimming pool on the South Campus of Maynooth University as a critical piece of local infrastructure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19382/26]
Topics / Swimming Pools
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsSwimming Pools
52 questions from 27 TDs, between 5 February 2025 and 20 October 2026.
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154. Deputy Tony McCormack asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the measures being taken to increase the provision of public swimming pools, particularly in areas currently without adequate facilities; and if he will outline any capital funding streams available for such projects. [16795/26]
161. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he recognises the need for a public swimming pool in Dungarvan, County Waterford; and when the Large Scale Sport Infrastructure Fund, which can assist in the delivery of the project, will be opened; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16759/26]
599. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the sports capital funding programmes administered by his Department that support the development or refurbishment of public swimming facilities; whether any application has been received under these programmes in respect of a proposed public swimming facility (details supplied); the stage reached in the assessment of any such applica…
141. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport to outline his investment in public swimming pools; the new pools that will be opened in 2026 and 2027; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3342/26]
622. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if his Department will support the development of a 50 metre swimming pool in the Cork region. [4369/26]
472. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if the in-depth analysis of swimming pool provision in Ireland being carried out under the National Swimming Strategy will assess gaps in individual towns over a certain population level, as well overall regional levels; the rationale for this approach; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [69756/25]
240. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if the next large scale sports infrastructure fund will allow for purchase of a site, design and planning as well as construction for swimming pool projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53064/25]
41. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the steps Galway County Council should take in order to secure funding for a swimming pool in Loughrea, County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52192/25]
62. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the measures being taken by his Department to encourage the establishment of swimming pools in towns that currently have no such facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51927/25]
75. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the process by which Monaghan County Council can secure capital funding towards the development of a public swimming pool in Carrickmacross. [52397/25]
1368. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the progress made in implementing the National Swimming Strategy; the number and location of pools or swimming facilities approved for investment to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43391/25]
234. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he will devise a plan in conjunction with Galway County Council to progress a publicly owned swimming pool in Loughrea as a matter of urgency; if he will consider Galway County Council's request for funding for swimming pool project development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38519/25]
76. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport for an update on the Programme for Government commitment to implement the New National Swimming Strategy by investing in pools and swimming facilities allowing everyone an opportunity to swim as of July 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37965/25]
119. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the steps Galway County Council should take to secure funding for a swimming pool in Loughrea, County Galway. [36259/25]
630. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when a swimming pool in south Tipperary, owned by her Department, will be re-opened as its closure has had a huge impact on swimming lessons for hundreds of students in south Tipperary; the length of time the pool has been out of action; when the report on the works needed will be finalised; the reason for the delay in having this mat…
136. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the steps Monaghan County Council should take to secure funding for a swimming pool in Carrickmacross. [34630/25]
162. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the reason for the underspend of €3.2 million in respect of swimming pool grants to local authorities; if there have been similar underspends in 2024 and 20025; the way in which his Department intends to fund and support municipal swimming pool construction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34914/25]
163. Deputy Joe Neville asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport when his Department will begin to implement the new national swimming strategy by investing in pools and swimming facilities allowing everyone an opportunity to swim, as outlined in the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34970/25]
70. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if there is a national plan to expand the provision of public local swimming pools, in particular for the provision of a public swimming pool in Loughrea, County Galway (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26144/25]
127. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the steps that Monaghan County Council should take to secure funding for a swimming pool in Carrickmacross. [22862/25]
138. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if he has had or if he will have consultations with local authorities about the development of a national strategy for the provision of public swimming pools; his views on whether the sharing of designs and the possibility of joint tendering could lead to the more economic provision of public swimming facilities as …
780. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to provide an update on the delivery of a swimming pool in Balbriggan, County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10945/25]
802. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if funding will be made available for the development of a public swimming pool in Rush, County Dublin, under the large-scale sport infrastructure fund or any other relevant funding schemes; if Fingal County Council has submitted proposals regarding such a facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1…
15. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the steps that Monaghan County Council should take to secure funding for a swimming pool in Carrickmacross. [10204/25]