Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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1601. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the proposal to provide a new library in Virginia, County Cavan; when this project will go to tender; the timeframe for construction; the estimated cost of the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34742/14]

Alan Kelly (Tipperary North, Labour)
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It is a matter for each library authority, as a reserved function, to prepare a library development plan and the most recent such plan for County Cavan includes the submission of a revised application to my Department for a full-time library for Virginia in 2013, subject to significant improvement in the Council’s funding and staffing situation. No such application has been received.

Under Section 78 of the Local Government Act 2001, the provision of premises and facilities in the public library service is a matter for each local authority in its capacity as a library authority.

My Department provides some capital funding towards approved refurbishment and renovation works and new library projects carried out by local authorities, subject to availability of resources and objective analysis of all applications on hand.