Jack Chambers (Dublin West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I might not get an answer, but it is important to record that I have sympathy for what the Garda had to go through last week. The Government and departmental officials put two and two together and the Garda had to answer "four". The Garda was not given the opportunity to set its own criteria and decide where was the appropriate place to open a new station or reopen an alternative one. Moving forward, it should not happen again. I accept, however, that Assistant Commissioner O'Driscoll might not want to comment on a political matter.