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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF TALLAGHT AREA COMMITTEE

Monday, September 23, 2019

QUESTION NO. 4

QUESTION: Councillor C. O'Connor

"To ask the CEO to present a report on the progress of the building programme at the new Castletymon Library; will he confirm the schedule being followed towards the completion date and also confirm what actions are currently in place to continue to provide a Library service to the local community?"

REPLY:

"The construction of Castletymon Library is running two months behind programme. A portion of this delay is attributable to vandalism that occurred on site in July 2019. The arson attack on site caused considerable damage to the contractor's equipment and facilities on site. The Council is collaborating with the contractor to reorder the site and regain momentum on the construction programme.

The mobile library service continues to provide services to the public every Thursday from 2pm – 4 pm outside St. Aengus Community Centre and this service is going well. In addition, the mobile calls to Avonbeg Road, Bolbrook on Thursdays from 4.10pm- 5.00pm; Keadeen Avenue, Greenhills on Wednesdays from 6.00pm – 6.25pm; and Kilnamanagh, outside the school, on Wednesdays from 6.30pm- 7.00pm.

The Mobile Library Service visited Tymon Park during the summer and below is an outline of participants that took part:

Park

Date

Attendance

Tymon

2/7

72

 

9/7

115 (African Drumming)

 

16/7

103

 

6/8

38

 

13/8

76

Total

 

404

Primary Schools from the Castletymon area were invited to partake in the annual Summer Stars Programme and in South Dublin we had over 4,000 participants from around the county.

The month of October is Children’s Book Festival and there are lots of author visits and events planned. October also sees the Red Line Book Festival running from 7th – 13th October 2019 in venues around the county. The Library service will offer ‘Bring Me to the Library’ bus transport assistance, grant-aided through the Dormant Accounts Funding from the Department of Rural & Community Development. Schools can apply for funding to come to an event in our branch libraries.

The public continue to request books and other library items from other branch libraries, which are distributed through the mobile library service”.