Joe O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

The Deputy has made a good case for the works needed in Carlow library. Responsibility for the capital works for libraries does not necessarily fall under one particular Department. As I said earlier, local authorities are the primary body with responsibility for them. The libraries capital programme was fully allocated when Carlow County Council applied. The current programme concludes this year and preparatory works will shortly commence on a successor programme for the following five-year period. There is a decision to be made on that and I cannot share with the Deputy much more information than I have been given on that. We will prepare another capital programme. I believe the referral to the URDF was made in good faith but, understandably, the URDF has refocused its work on housing.

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