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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

South Dublin County Council Crest

MEETING OF TALLAGHT AREA COMMITTEE

Monday, September 24, 2018

QUESTION NO. 23

QUESTION: Councillor C. O'Connor

"To ask the Chief Executive to present an update in respect of the development of the new public Library at Castletymon; will he confirm the schedule now being followed and in reporting will he also take the opportunity to update members on the temporary arrangements now in place to provide Library services to the community?"

REPLY:

"An open tender competition was held in August 2018 and 5 contractors submitted their tenders, of which 2 failed to qualify at SAQ stage 1. The tender report has been returned and the sucessful contractor for the Castletymon Library project will be announced in the next few weeks. It is anticipated that construction on site will commence before the end of the year, with a 52 week build period.

The mobile library service continues to provide library services outside St. Aengus' Community Centre every Thursday from 2.00-4.00pm. Every third week there is storytime for children in the centre.  After school storytime continues at St. Dominic's at Avonbeg Road from 4.00-5.00pm on Tuesdays every week. The mobile also calls to Keadeen Avenue from 6.00-6.25pm on Wednesdays and Kilnamanagh (outside the school) on Wednesdays from 6.30-7.30pm. During July and August the Mobile Library visited Tymon Park from 10.30-12.00 noon every Tuesday and engaged in a range of family activities during the school holidays.

Local schools from the Castletymon area attended events held at the County Library from 2017/2018 as follows:

Scoil Santain - Cyber bullying; St. Dominics - Science week event; Colaiste De hIde - Science week event; Tallaght Comminuty School - (UCAS talk); St. Kevin's Girls - Christmas Song Contest; St. Kevin's Girls - Harry Potter School quiz; Scoil Santain- Klimt workshop; Scoil Santain -  class visit; St. Dominics - Coding event and class visit; St. Dominic's - Doodle Den in April & June; Scoil Santain - Pedal Power; Scoil Santain -Environmental songs; St. Dominic's - School visit; Scoil Aonghusa Senior - School visit; St. Dominic's - World Cup Quiz; Scoil Aonghusa JNS- School visit; St. Dominic's -School visit. 

Library customers can request books/items from around the country in any branch library and have it delivered to a designated library or mobile service. Customers can also avail of our digital and online serivices for free to download eBooks, eAudio, magazines, comics and other items from home. Please check out our website at http://www.southdublinlibraries.ie/."