Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The Deputy will be aware that there are 139 stations and communities that would also like to know the criteria and would also like to be included in this pilot scheme. I suppose everybody would have some merit in being included in the scheme. I am not aware of whether or not the Tánaiste has the criteria or whether or not she is allowed to let that information out to various different areas.

I stress the Government's commitment to ensuring that there is a strong and visible presence of the police force on the ground within the stations supporting the communities. I stress the commitment of the workforce of over 21,000 personnel by 2021.

I understand the Deputy's frustration on this issue. I suppose reports generally tend to take longer than we would like but there is the commitment that this report will be finalised by the end of May.

Of course, I will bring Deputy Madigan's concerns and the various questions that she asked that I have not been able to answer to the attention of the Tánaiste and ask her to respond to the Deputy directly.

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