Jennifer Murnane O'Connor (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the Government's Town Centre First plan. As the Minister knows, Tullow, County Carlow, now has a town regeneration officer who will manage the implementation of the plan locally and work with the town team but to me the really good thing is that work is being done with the community representatives. That is the game-changer and I really welcome it.

It was announced that Bagenalstown has been identified as one of the 26 towns across Ireland that will be in phase 2 of the Town Centre First plan. Rural Ireland will be crucial in this regard. Tullow and Bagenalstown, both in County Carlow, are part of the plan. What will happen? What is the timescale?

Could I have an update on the Carlow library? I heard the Minister speaking about libraries earlier. As she knows, a major application has been submitted for Carlow library.

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