Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 2 July 2025

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach

Engagement with the Minister of State with responsibility for the Office of Public Works

2:00 am

Photo of Pa DalyPa Daly (Kerry, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister of State. Could he also look into the round tower in Ballyduff? It has been closed for 15 years. Similarly in Ballyduff, there is a small piece of land at the local Garda station, which is the only suitable site on the main street for a playground for the community. The piece of land is not being used. The station is not a 24-hour station. At one stage local gardaí said that they might expand the services from Tralee station and put an office in there; that is not the case any more. Would the Department consider giving that to the community? Kerry County Council will do all of the rest of the work. It will construct the playground. It is the only village in the whole of north Kerry that does not have a playground. The OPW can give that benefit quite easily by signing over a bit of ground in that Garda station to the community. Will the Minister of State consider doing so?

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