Niamh Smyth (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

In 2015, the Government announced, with much fanfare, a new state-of-the-art Garda station for Bailieborough, which was to cover a wide district in east Cavan. Building work was to commence in September and be completed by summer 2021. Today the site is surrounded by hoardings and there is no sign of any new work. It is an eyesore on the main street of Bailieborough. This is coupled with what happened in Emyvale in north Monaghan, where the Garda station was burned to the ground last month. In addition, the Cavan-Monaghan Garda division will lose ten patrol cars for policing in the Border area. The Taoiseach knows that public confidence in security in the Border region is fragile. Can he reassure me and my constituents today that the Garda station he promised will be delivered, that Emyvale will get a new station and that gardaí will not be left without ten patrol cars within weeks?

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