Billy Timmins (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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Question 640: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if funding was allocated to Wicklow County Council for the development of the library at Baltinglass, County Wicklow; and if so when and the amount. [21094/06]

Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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In 1999, my Department allocated €96,500.09 to Wicklow County Council for the purchase of furniture, shelving and book stock for a temporary library facility at Baltinglass. At the time it was proposed that these fittings would be transferred to a new premises on completion. A total of €91,312.45 of this funding was drawn down by Wicklow County Council.

Also in 1999, my Department gave approval in principle to the provision of funding for the construction of a new branch library at Baltinglass as part of the 1999-2002 Capital Expenditure Programme. Funding was to be in the region of €523,132 based on the Council's estimates of cost at the time. However, as a modern library facility was later included in Baltinglass Courthouse/ Heritage Centre, Wicklow County Council decided not to proceed with the proposal to provide a new library building at Baltinglass.