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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF DEVELOPMENT PLAN MEETING

Thursday, June 17, 2021

MOTION NO.

MOTION: Councillor Peter Kavanagh, Councillor Liam Sinclair, Councillor L. Donaghy, Councillor S.McEneaney

Community - pg 233 Motion: To insert a new objective to Policy COS 10: To support the delivery of a new library service in the Citywest area, to meet the needs of the expanding population.

REPORT:

The motion as proposed is to insert a new objective to Policy COS 10: To support the delivery of a new library service in the Citywest area, to meet the needs of the expanding population.

A report was brought to the July 2019 County Council meeting on Library Provision in the west of the County. The report recommended that the location for the extension of Library Services to the West of the County should be Rathcoole village. The report was agreed by the Members and is currently being developed in conjunction with a proposed larger development plan on Council owned lands at Rathcoole. The location in Rathcoole is in the current Library Strategy.

In the interim it is planned to develop mobile library stops in the Citywest area, when the current Covid-19 restrictions are lifted, and when SDCC mobile vans are safely fitted with screens. This will allow for further library services to be delivered in the Citywest area both to families and local schools, crèches, and other community groups.

However, the strategy for the location of a library may need to be reviewed on foot of the outcome of the study for the Masterplan lands in Rathcoole. Therefore, it is considered that the motion could be amended to support the delivery of a new library service in Fortunestown, subject to any review of the Library Strategy.

Recommendation

It is recommended that this motion is adopted with amendment to insert a new objective under Policy COS 10 to read:

To support the delivery of a new library service in the Citywest area to meet the needs of the expanding population subject to any review of the Library Strategy.