Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 13 October 2021
Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media
Engagement with Chairperson Designate of the Board of the National Library of Ireland
Mr. Eoin McVey:
It has started. To date we have decanted or taken out all the books that were in storage in what we know as the west wing, which comprises the buildings that line Kildare Street. Some of the storage conditions there were very poor. It is a very old building. All the books have been decanted. Now we have to get down to the detailed specification of the work that is going to be done with the OPW, which is in charge of this. That is the stage we are at now. It is very exciting. We have the floor plans for everything we want to do, and approval has been obtained. We now have to start moving on the specific planning.
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