Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank Deputy Murnane O'Connor for raising the issue of Garda resources in Carlow. I do not have a date for the reopening of the station in Leighlinbridge, but I will ask the Minister, Deputy Harris, to contact the Deputy directly about it, and also about Garda resources were generally in the county. Certainly, when it comes to personnel, it is the Garda Commissioner who decides how gardaí are best allocated to national units and to different services around the country. There is, obviously, a strong political role by the OPW and the Minister, Deputy Harris, when it comes to the infrastructure in the stations themselves. I will ask them to engage to see if we can get some progress on it.

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