Alan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I have one final question for the head of human resources, Mr. Barrett, and it relates to this exact question. When it comes to the reopening of this station, there is an obvious resources implication and the assistant commissioner has said as much. As Mr. Ó Cualáin said the last day in respect of the criteria set, it was one issue about which local Garda management must have been happy. If everything else is in place, all things being equal, the question of whether there are sufficient gardaí available to staff the station is part of the criteria. Was Mr. Barrett consulted in any way, shape or form about the resource implications in the reopening of Stepaside Garda station prior to the second interim report being sent to the Government?