Alan Farrell (Dublin Fingal, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister. Since my beginnings in politics in 2004, I have been incredibly proud to support improving our libraries across Fingal. One thing I was most proud of when I served as mayor in 2007 was the reopening of both Malahide and Garristown libraries. The library in Garristown is a wonderful facility with a fantastic history.

The Minister has been very consistent in investment across Fingal, as she rightly mentioned. A huge wonderful project is being delivered in Swords and a project is being delivered in Donabate among others. It goes to show that where a little money is spent, it can have such a positive benefit for communities that in 2024, when everyone is going digital and looking at doing studies and reading online on a computer screen, our libraries are still thriving. That is a fantastic testament to the Minister's Department and to local authorities throughout the country. I take the opportunity in the seconds I have left to compliment the Ministers, Deputies Humphreys and Darragh O'Brien, on the work being done. It is something we can all be very proud of.

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