Mr. Pat Leahy:

No. I outlined earlier the sequence of events in terms of taking up that position. I might be able to assist here.

I am clear in saying that my priorities lie elsewhere in terms of resource allocation at this point in time. That does not prevent me, and indeed I cannot get away from the fact, that there were a number of stations closed in the Dublin metropolitan region east division, DMR East. It was significantly hit in that respect and the view was taken that into the future the chief in DMR East would get the allocation of resources and if it was decided to put some resources into Stepaside Garda station, I would have no problem with that. However, if I got a certain number of gardaí today and probably into the foreseeable future, into the first half of 2018 at least, I have more pressing needs in terms of resource allocation.