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- Public Accounts Committee: Reopening of Garda Stations: Discussion (23 Nov 2017)
Seán Fleming: I am concerned other Members might come in the door and want to speak after that. That is my concern.
- Public Accounts Committee: Reopening of Garda Stations: Discussion (23 Nov 2017)
Seán Fleming: That is a straight answer and we have got it loud and clear.
- Public Accounts Committee: Reopening of Garda Stations: Discussion (23 Nov 2017)
Seán Fleming: The criteria were set by the Government. Government policy is outside the remit of the Committee of Public Accounts.
- Public Accounts Committee: Reopening of Garda Stations: Discussion (23 Nov 2017)
Seán Fleming: That is in black and white. Will the deputy Commissioner tell us what the timescale is for reopening Stepaside Garda station?
- Public Accounts Committee: Reopening of Garda Stations: Discussion (23 Nov 2017)
Seán Fleming: What about Stepaside Garda station?
- Public Accounts Committee: Reopening of Garda Stations: Discussion (23 Nov 2017)
Seán Fleming: We will be well into 2018 before Stepaside Garda station is reopened. Is that correct?
- Public Accounts Committee: Reopening of Garda Stations: Discussion (23 Nov 2017)
Seán Fleming: It will not be before Christmas.
- Public Accounts Committee: Reopening of Garda Stations: Discussion (23 Nov 2017)
Seán Fleming: I will move to the Secretary General and then call Deputy David Cullinane. The expenditure to be incurred by the OPW on buildings and staffing in 2018 will be for the Select Committee on Justice and Equality to consider as part of the Estimates process. Does Mr. Waters have a date for the Estimates meeting?
- Public Accounts Committee: Reopening of Garda Stations: Discussion (23 Nov 2017)
Seán Fleming: Has the date been set for the 2018 Estimates meeting?
- Public Accounts Committee: Reopening of Garda Stations: Discussion (23 Nov 2017)
Seán Fleming: Will Mr. Waters convey the message to whoever is preparing the information note? Perhaps it is a matter for An Garda Síochána. I am unsure who comes in for the meeting on the Estimates for next year. That committee should receive a note on the potential cost in 2018. It is in the Official Report for the Dáil in response to parliamentary questions I asked. The Department...
- Public Accounts Committee: Reopening of Garda Stations: Discussion (23 Nov 2017)
Seán Fleming: Mr. O'Driscoll was cut off mid sentence. I will allow Mr. O'Driscoll to complete the answer he was giving when he was cut short.
- Public Accounts Committee: Reopening of Garda Stations: Discussion (23 Nov 2017)
Seán Fleming: We have our view.
- Public Accounts Committee: Reopening of Garda Stations: Discussion (23 Nov 2017)
Seán Fleming: I am concluding, and will call Deputy MacSharry. Essentially, Mr. Leahy has stated that he has a broad range of priorities, the reopening of the Garda stations is based on the criteria, and this was a pilot project. If it had been his task to look at his broader range of responsibilities, this issue would not have been top of his list, but Stepaside met the criteria he was working to,...
- Public Accounts Committee: Reopening of Garda Stations: Discussion (23 Nov 2017)
Seán Fleming: Yes.
- Public Accounts Committee: Reopening of Garda Stations: Discussion (23 Nov 2017)
Seán Fleming: Acting Commissioner Ó Cualáin has made his decision in respect of the six that he read out to us here today. That is his position but there is a process of work to be done before that is implemented.
- Public Accounts Committee: Reopening of Garda Stations: Discussion (23 Nov 2017)
Seán Fleming: There is a lot of work to be done. The Office of Public Works, OPW, has to look at the old building, and possible new buildings. There is quite a bit. Therefore, it is possible, at the end of looking at the working out of this decision, that the original six might not be fixed in stone when we get to the end of the process.
- Public Accounts Committee: Reopening of Garda Stations: Discussion (23 Nov 2017)
Seán Fleming: Okay. We will try to be brief. Deputy MacSharry is next and then Deputy Catherine Murphy. We said we would be out of this section in a couple of minutes. It will be tight.
- Public Accounts Committee: Reopening of Garda Stations: Discussion (23 Nov 2017)
Seán Fleming: Deputy MacSharry has ten minutes in total.
- Public Accounts Committee: Reopening of Garda Stations: Discussion (23 Nov 2017)
Seán Fleming: When a member makes what appears to be a conclusion, it is the member's own personal opinion. It is not the view of the Committee of Public Accounts. That is the Deputy's comment and opinion, but it is not the view of the committee.
- Public Accounts Committee: Reopening of Garda Stations: Discussion (23 Nov 2017)
Seán Fleming: Yes, please.