Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The key point being made was that the closure of the Garda stations freed up a number of Garda hours which in itself was a major contributor to the reduction of crime. Is it that an equilibrium has been achieved in the number of necessary Garda stations and that we happen to have a happy medium due to the cuts or is there, as Mr. Nolan states, a logic to the freeing of gardaí out of Garda stations?