Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

-----in Kildare, Meath and a few other places. They are all areas that have had high growth and are now playing catch-up. This is the first time I have seen the census of population used for this purpose. I warmly welcome the idea that we are taking a strategic approach if this is the new approach to the deployment of resources, but it has not happened before. We also must understand what is the role of the Policing Authority, not to be crossing lines, because my understanding is that it has a role in the distribution of resources and I do not know whether it has been bypassed in respect of this initiative. We need to separate the lines of our responsibility and value for money. The refurbishment is one thing, but why are some stations picked out over others? The area we need to consider is whether there is a value for money aspect to this. The one thing we do not want to do is give the impression that we have a remit beyond the remit we do have.