Sinn Fein’s Dublin Central Representative Mary Lou McDonald has welcomed the Department of Tourism, Culture and Sport’s commitment to fund the repair and operation of Séan McDermott Street’s public swimming pool subject to Dublin City Council (DCC) providing its portion of the necessary funding.
Ms McDonald said: “The success of the campaign to keep the pool open shows what ‘people power’ can achieve. Congratulations to the community for fighting so hard to keep Seán McDermott street swimming pool open. It is now up to Dublin City Council to make sure that the extra funding is found for the pools’.
“The Department of Tourism, Culture and Sport’s has agreed to provide €600,000 to DCC to assist in the repair and operation of three public swimming pools in Coolock, Crumlin and Seán McDermott Street on the condition that DCC allocate the remaining €700,000 required in the 2011 Budget.
“The Department of Tourism, Culture and Sport’s has agreed to provide €600,000 to DCC to assist in the repair and operation of three public swimming pools in Coolock, Crumlin and Seán McDermott Street on the condition that DCC allocate the remaining €700,000 required in the 2011 Budget.
“The responsibility for keeping these important public amenities open now lies squarely with Dublin City Councillors when negotiating the city’s Budget in the next few weeks. We cannot have a repeat of last year’s Budget fiasco when Labour and Fine Gael supported a budget that specifically targeted inner city communities with cuts resulting in the closure for the three public pools. The government has stepped up, hopefully Fine Gael and Labour will too.”
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