Charles Flanagan (Laois, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I will use the example which the Deputy has repeatedly referred to in the House and beyond, since the Garda Commissioner announced the new model. Under the new model the existing Tipperary and Clare divisions will be merged and will form part of the new southern region. The Commissioner has decided that the divisional HQ will be in Ennis, County Clare. This is an operational issue. I assure the Deputy that policing services and superintendents will continue to be deployed across Tipperary and Clare and will not be centralised only in the new HQ in Ennis. Each division nationwide, including the new division of Tipperary and Clare, will have up to 800 garda members. There will be less and less bureaucracy at senior level.

The chief superintendent leading the division will have greater decision-making powers for County Tipperary. In support of the people of County Tipperary, I ask the Deputy to reflect on the positives in the plan-----

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