Fintan Warfield (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The Minister also mentioned the protection of collections, which is set out on page 5. From my reading of the plan I do not get a sense that there is a commitment to a shared national storage facility. We are hearing from our national institutions that there is an unprecedented storage crisis as collections continue to grow. We all know that without intervention those collections are at risk or degradation or damage and, perhaps, permanent loss. The consortium of national and university libraries made a proposal a number of years ago about a shared national storage facility to be delivered within the timeframe of 2022 to 2025, with the cost of maintenance of this facility to be shared by the institutions, which includes the National Library of Ireland. Is the €10 million to €15 million identified by the consortium of institutions as the required State investment in this facility - a memory store - provided for in the plan?