Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 14 February 2023
Select Committee on Justice and Equality
Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 24 - Justice (Revised)
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (Revised)
Vote 44 - Data Protection Commission (Revised)
Pa Daly (Kerry, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source
Of course, but I disagree on the point that was raised that one cannot put four courtrooms in the existing building. There is so much empty space within the current structure that it would be easy to put two if not three additional courtrooms in the building. For a lot of reasons, including the carbon footprint of constructing a new building, it would be within the overall common good of the town centre not to leave. There are still no plans to do anything with it when they vacate and the Courts Service leaves the existing building. No plan whatsoever has been put forward by any council official or by the Courts Service, apart from a promise that they will keep a roof on the structure.
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