Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I appreciate that and I acknowledge the excellent work of the local authorities in respect of the library service. Terrific links have been established between our schools and the library service and, in fact, we have invited schools to liaise with the library service about types and suitability of books under the €20 million allocation. I also acknowledge the manner in which many libraries work directly with schools to provide whatever might be on the syllabus and the types of books, including for extra-curricular reading, required. I have been a beneficiary of that. They demonstrate terrific leadership and collaboration with the schools and we would like to grow and nurture that going forward as well.