Aodhán Ó Ríordáin (Dublin Bay North, Labour) | Oireachtas source

This is positive with regard to planning permission potentially being sought in 2024 and Coolock Garda station potentially being transferred to or acquired by Dublin City Council. This is interesting. The Minister will note that I always get the same answer with regard to the Garda Commissioner. I raise this issue as often as I possibly can. It is a large expanding community. We have made the same mistakes over and over again in the course of the history of the State where we have large growth in population and we do not put in place the basic infrastructure in the new communities. We need schools, play facilities, childcare and a Garda station. It will not just be a Garda station; it will be a divisional headquarters, which will be of great comfort to the existing communities in Dublin 13 and Dublin 17 and the planned communities. Will the Minister give a commitment that he and the Department will take an active interest not only in providing a new facility but also the Garda members who will be needed to help to support and empower the local community?

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