asked the Minister for Local Government how much has been spent on its public library service by each local authority running such a service, authority by authority, in each of the years 1960-69.
Written Answers. - Library Service.
166.
The information requested in respect of the years up to and including 1966-67 is contained in the Department's Annual Reports for those years. Details of the amounts spent by library authorities in the years 1967-68 and 1968-69 are included in the following statement:—
|
Library Authority |
Expenditure |
|
|
1967-68 |
1968-69 |
|
|
£ |
£ |
|
|
Carlow |
7,185 |
7,672 |
|
Cavan |
11,471 |
13,881 |
|
Clare |
13,585 |
16,000 |
|
Cork |
62,004 |
75,023 |
|
Donegal |
10,910 |
12,107 |
|
Dublin |
30,566 |
44,496 |
|
Galway |
34,177 |
41,062 |
|
Kerry |
20,643 |
23,671 |
|
Kildare |
10,386 |
13,286 |
|
Kilkenny |
10,847 |
12,835 |
|
Laoighis |
10,587 |
13,727 |
|
Leitrim |
5,306 |
6,098 |
|
Limerick |
33,834 |
35,769 |
|
Longford/Westmeath |
31,614 |
33,628 |
|
Louth |
10,901 |
12,764 |
|
Mayo |
13,478 |
16,549 |
|
Meath |
13,098 |
16,878 |
|
Monaghan |
14,476 |
16,791 |
|
Offaly |
12,825 |
12,549 |
|
Roscommon |
12,581 |
13,837 |
|
Sligo |
11,379 |
12,943 |
|
Tipperary, North and South |
34,275 |
40,172 |
|
Waterford |
13,529 |
14,473 |
|
Wexford |
15,491 |
17,041 |
|
Wicklow |
9,361 |
10,492 |
|
TOTAL |
454,509 |
533,744 |
|
Municipal Libraries |
Expenditure |
|
|
1967-68 |
1968-69 |
|
|
£ |
£ |
|
|
Bray |
4,714 |
5,883 |
|
Cork |
31,003 |
37,617 |
|
Dublin |
245,230 |
284,192 |
|
Dún Laoghaire |
25,405 |
29,935 |
|
Limerick |
12,945 |
15,317 |
|
Waterford |
5,393 |
6,268 |
|
TOTAL |
324,690 |
379,212 |
|
Grand Total |
779,199 |
912,956 |