Mattie McGrath (Tipperary, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I am glad the Minister for Justice is present. Clonmel has been waiting 64 years for a new Garda station. Superintendent Ruane and his team there, and the public, need a fit-for-purpose building, which they do not have. There have been statements today by a backbencher that we have decoupled the situation regarding the Children Court building from the two Garda stations involved in the public-private partnership, PPP. I hope that has happened and I have asked for it to happen. This should never have been allowed to happen in the first place. We have planning, we have the site and we need this to proceed. I notice that in the Minister's statement, he said it can proceed quicker. I want to know when we are going to have the Garda station, when we will have the funds to go to tender for a PPP for Clonmel Garda station and how soon it will be built and delivered.

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