Paul Donnelly (Dublin West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I am asking this question on behalf of Deputy Ó Laoghaire. He has a particular interest in one in his constituency, which I assume is getting one of the ten new library buildings of the 33 that applied. Libraries are an essential service in our communities. In my constituency of Dublin West, we are blessed to have a magnificent state-of-the-art library. We also have a mobile library that goes around the community. The library is well used. It is packed. In fact, it is so full that is very difficult for students in particular to find somewhere to study. It also has a wonderful room which communities can rent for meetings. I look forward to those libraries being built and I welcome the funding that has come onstream.

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