Colm Burke (Cork North Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I want to raise two issues. The Commissioner has probably gone over this previously with regard to capital projects.

Is the Commissioner satisfied that there are sufficient mechanisms in place to make sure there will be no overspend on the capital projects that are currently in the pipeline?

The second issue I want to raise are changes in infrastructure for gardaí. For instance, a few years ago I came across a case where there was a house belonging to the Garda that had been originally used as a Garda house and it had been vacant for over 20 years. In fact, the gardaí in the current station, or the Cork gardaí, were not aware of its existence. All of those properties are under the auspices of the OPW but have they all been identified and either put into use or disposed of?

Lastly, where there is major urban residential development are the Garda authorities looking at further development and having the infrastructure in place to provide the necessary policing of those areas in the long term? I have covered a bit of ground with my questions but they concern both what has happened in the past and future plans.