Mr. Martin Callinan:

I thought I was quite clear in terms of what I said we were setting out to do, and that it was not about cost savings. The Deputy is entitled to hold his view, but I am also entitled to provide my view to the Minister who is our boss. It is the individual and collective view of my senior command that certain stations would be better closed in terms of the service we can provide. The Deputy referred to the fact that the Garda might be in the community centre, the post officer or the back of a van. It is about visibility in those area where stations are closing at those times to provide that type of continuity of service. It is precisely the converse of the point the Deputy makes, that we are trying to achieve at those particular times and those dates. Thereafter it is about providing the type of effective policing that I have been talking about. I cannot put it any plainer than that.