Eamon Scanlon (Sligo-Leitrim, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I am aware that the Government has asked the Commissioner to consider opening six Garda stations, both urban and rural. Does the Tánaiste have any idea whether the Commissioner has indicated when this might happen? Some of the stations closed in south Sligo, such as those in Aclare, Bunnanaddan and Coolaney, are now being covered by Tobercurry. The Garda station in Tobercurry is small. It was built quite a long time ago and can facilitate four or five gardaí. At present, a sergeant and eight gardaí, two of whom are female, are stationed there. The facilities there are very poor and not satisfactory by today's standards for people in a workplace. Will the Tánaiste ask her officials to consider Tobercurry Garda station with a view to having the building updated and extended? As a result of the closures of Garda stations in all the areas I have mentioned, this station has greater responsibility, covers a much larger area and needs the facilities of a modern building.

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