Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 21 November 2012
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality
Garda Operations: Discussion with An Garda Síochána
11:20 am
Mr. Martin Callinan:
I explained earlier that cost has never been the criteria for closing stations. While there is an element of savings, it was never the criteria for doing it. It is all about providing the service I have spoken about. That is really where we are with all of these issues. It is the case in these stations in which one or two members work that they have been teaming up with others. In a sense, we are not changing the furniture all that much. It is about the service, and I keeping saying that. It is about providing the service rather than buildings. I cannot go beyond that.
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