Jack Wall (Kildare South, Labour)
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Question 321: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if funding is available through his Department to assist a group (details supplied) in County Kildare seeking to provide a library for their members; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13101/08]

Jack Wall (Kildare South, Labour)
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Question 338: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if funding is available from her Department for the provision of a library to an organisation (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12972/08]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 321 and 338 together.

My Department supports a number of schemes and initiatives which provide non-formal educational opportunities for young people throughout the country through voluntary participation in youth work. This support consists mainly of grant-in-aid assistance for national and major regional youth work organisations under the Youth Service Grant Scheme, targeted youth work responses for young people through the Special Projects for Youth Scheme and support for youth clubs and groups at a local level through the Local Youth Club Grant Scheme.

My Department sanctioned funding for the Curragh Youth Project in 2007 under the Special Projects for Youth (SPY) Scheme and is reviewing the progress of the project in that context at present. The project's application for funding under this scheme did not include an application for funding for the provision of a library.