Imelda Munster (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I am glad the Minister for Justice is here. I will raise the sense of abandonment my constituents in Meath East feel with regard to Garda resources. As the Minister will know, there is a Garda station there that is not fit for purpose and which is only manned from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. despite the fact that there is a population of more than 32,000 in the area. The Garda Commissioner's office has said that the Office of Public Works, OPW, is preparing proposals but my constituents in Meath East are asking whether we have a date for when the Garda station will be fully resourced, fully manned and open on a full-time basis and when the Meath East area will be brought into the Drogheda Garda division. We are coming into winter, when we always see an increase in the number of burglaries and other crimes, and my constituents feel abandoned. Do we have a date for when they will see a fully resourced and fully complete Garda station brought under the Drogheda division?

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