Dan Neville (Limerick West, Fine Gael)
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Question 528: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if moneys will be made available to restore a library service to Rathkeale; his views on whether it is unacceptable that the town has been without a library service for in excess of two and a half years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16325/06]

Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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The development of the public library service is, in the first instance, a matter for each library authority. The selection of library projects for capital funding takes account of competing demands for resources countrywide and the library authorities' order of priority for such projects.

In January 2004, local authorities were asked to review their capital programmes for library development and to submit a prioritised list of proposals, which they wished to have considered by my Department in its overall review of the Programme. In its submission, Limerick County Council listed Rathkeale branch library as a possible future library project. No proposal for the provision of a branch library in Rathkeale has been received by my Department and accordingly the question of the provision of funding for this project does not arise at this stage.