Swimming Pools
Dail Éireann — 2026-05-07
============================================================

Charlie McConalogue (FF), Donegal

From a Government point of view, this is something that we want to see addressed and the provision of swimming opportunities and facilities improved. That is why we paid for the Swimming Pool Gap Analysis Report, which Swim Ireland commissioned. We are considering the full findings of that report. From a Government point of view, there has been investment through the LSSIF in swimming facilities. We have seen a total of €41 million allocated over the latest two rounds to support pools, namely, Askeaton pool in Limerick, Dundalk Leisure Centre, Galway Regional Aquatic and Fitness Centre, Portarlington Leisure Centre swimming pool, the Samuel Beckett Civic Campus phase two, the Watershed Development, the Waterpoint Aqua Park, Wicklow swimming pool and Edenderry swimming pool, as well as a designated funding award to three swimming pools in Buncrana, Mullingar and Edenderry. Investment is being put in through the community sports facilities fund. There will be the opportunity to apply for funding this summer as well. We are further considering the gap analysis report and the response required to address the challenges raised by it.

---

Source: Houses of the Oireachtas. Licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). The Official Report is revised after first publication; the fetch timestamp below identifies the version quoted.

Record URI: https://data.oireachtas.ie/akn/ie/debateRecord/dail/2026-05-07/debate/main
Retrieved: 2026-09-28T05:50:46+00:00
Sitting date: 2026-05-07