Dáil Éireann Debate, Monday - 11 September 2023
528. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the date on which the playground in the grounds of Kilkenny Castle will be fully useable; and the number of consecutive weeks it has not been fully usable. [38008/23]
View answerKilkenny Castle playground is an extremely popular amenity which attracted approximately 105,000 visitors in 2022. The majority of the playground in Kilkenny Castle has remained fully open and fully operational. There were three specific items of equipment that required repair and these were cordoned off in the interest of health and safety.
These items are: the multi climbing frame, the space net and the ability whirl carousel. The multi climbing frame was cordoned off for a total of two weeks. This was repaired brought back into use on 30th August 2023.
The space net pyramid and the ability whirl carousel have been more challenging to repair. This is because the required parts had to be sourced outside of Ireland. This has led them to being closed for forty weeks for the space net pyramid and sixty eight weeks for the ability whirl carousel. The appropriate parts have now been sourced and will be arriving in Ireland at the end of September 2023. It is anticipated that these playground amenities will be fully usable by the middle of October 2023.
