Mattie McGrath (Tipperary, Independent) | Oireachtas source

The long-promised and long-awaited Garda station for Clonmel is going on and on. We have never had such low numbers in the Clonmel-Carrick on Suir district. It is a shocking situation and morale, like everywhere else, is low in An Garda Síochána who do an excellent job with the numbers they have. We have talked about this with the Minister for Justice, with the Taoiseach, former taoisigh and former Ministers. We have the site and planning and we have been debundled from the Prison Service children's court. All we are waiting for is the funding announcement to get this badly needed project for the town of Clonmel completed. It would also be good for Superintendent Ruane and all the members who work there. They need a modern, fit-for-purpose station, not the Dickensian one they have at the moment. The Taoiseach has seen it. It is in terrible condition and is not fit for animals, never mind for humans to work in. When are we going to see this started?

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