Charles Flanagan (Laois, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I cannot disagree with the Deputy. In fact, a week does not go by without this issue being raised directly with me by my colleague beside me, the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Deputy Creed.

We are in a period of major reform of our policing services. The implementation of the new policing plan is exciting. It will transform An Garda Síochána. We have the budget to ensure that this can be the case. I am fully committed to proceeding with the major investment programme to deliver new stations and modernise older stations. One of these is Macroom. It is included as a Garda priority in the building and refurbishment programme. If the Deputy wishes that I would decouple Macroom from the bundle, I regret that it may well be unhelpful in the delivery of the project.

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