Willie O'Dea (Limerick City, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

There is a commitment in the programme for Government to reopen six Garda stations that were closed by the previous Government on a pilot basis.

Will the Minister indicate when those six stations will be operational and who will select them? Will it be the Minister or the Commissioner? Where will the stations be located - in urban or rural areas? If the pilot is successful, is it the Government's intention to continue to reopen other stations that were wrongly closed down by the previous Minister for Justice and Equality, the former Deputy Alan Shatter?

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