LEISURELAND MAY NEED PRIVATE INVESTMENT AS IT CONTINUES TO LOSE MONEY

Date Published: 09-Oct-2012

A member of the board of Leisureland in Salthill says it may be time to look at getting private investment in the facility

Cllr Peter Keane says the facility is crippled by its public service obligation leading to a cost of just under 700 thousand euro to the city council last year

An audit of the local authority, which owns the swimming pool and leisure complex directs that the budget set for the entity needs to be realistic

City manager Joe O'Neill said health and safety rules make staffing costs high with a total of 45 full and part time staff and high energy and maintenance bills

Cllr Keane agrees it would be difficult to get private investment but says something needs to be done to prevent the continuous loss making