Martin Kenny (Sligo-Leitrim, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Sometimes I think the Minister must be a civil servant's dream. She comes in here and reads out the answer and then when I ask her the next question, she reads out the same thing again. That is not answering the question. Is the Government prepared to put the funding in place to provide an adequate Garda station in Sligo town for the people of that region? It has long been said that the Garda station that is there is not fit for purpose.

The Minister mentioned that a site was purchased. There was a site purchased and there was a plan to build a Garda station. That plan needs to be reactivated by the Minister. I ask her not to come back to me reading out the same stuff she told me in the beginning. The fact is that we need to get a proper Garda station put in place in Sligo town for the people of that region and for the gardaí who work out of that station because the facilities they have are totally inappropriate. That is the reality and the Minister knows it. Rather than continuing with a rehash of the same stuff over and over, we need to get down to brass tacks and provide for people's needs.

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