Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 26 June 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality

Garda Reform and Related Issues: Discussion

Mr. Joseph Nugent:

We are committed up until the end of 2021.

There have been discussions between the Garda and Dublin City Council on the possibility of securing access to a site that could become used and that we might be able to use at a point if sufficient capital allocation is provided to us. That would mean that the site was there and we would have access to use it once we had certainty around the funding that would be provided to us on the matter. It is clear that is not something that would be happening today or tomorrow.

In fairness to Dublin City Council, it has been very helpful to us in that regard, and the discussions on the issue were very positive. That said, we cannot make a commitment today that there will be a new station in Clongriffin. We do not have the allocation and it will be a matter for a number of years down the road. What I can say is that it will feature as part of our consideration for change or for an allocation at that time.

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