Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Any policing initiative of an operational nature that the Garda Commissioner wishes to take is a matter for the Garda Commissioner in this context. I do know that in some communities there have been arrangements made for gardaí to be available in local community centres in areas in which stations have been closed. There was not a necessity for any specific subhead that comes under the general Garda Vote and is a matter of deployment of personnel which would come under the Garda Commissioner and those working under him. Some of these issues, of course, will be addressed locally by the chief superintendent or superintendent in determining what are the local needs.