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

I am given to understand that we are losing Coolock Garda station. This new divisional headquarters will mean that Coolock Garda station will no longer exist and this will be the new headquarters. It will be bigger and will have more resources. People have a traditional relationship with a Garda station and interact with it. They know where it is and they know how it operates. It will be a body of work to allay some local concerns with regard to how the transfer of power and new alignment will happen. We need to have a level of community engagement. The Minister needs to speak to the residents' associations that have been so proactive in advocating for this new station. We must absolutely ensure that it will not just be a building but a new policing structure and engagement in that part of the city because it has existing pockets of disadvantage. There have been tensions with An Garda Síochána over the past 50 years. It also has fantastic potential for a new relationship as the area and population expand.

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