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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Nov 2017)

Alan Kelly: And resources.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Nov 2017)

Alan Kelly: We started at ten past.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Nov 2017)

Alan Kelly: We have three topics to deal with.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Nov 2017)

Alan Kelly: Is this not the main business?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Nov 2017)

Alan Kelly: That is fine.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Nov 2017)

Alan Kelly: Approximately, yes.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Nov 2017)

Alan Kelly: I am entitled to my view as well.

Public Accounts Committee: Reopening of Garda Stations: Discussion (23 Nov 2017)

Alan Kelly: What is that smile about?

Public Accounts Committee: Reopening of Garda Stations: Discussion (23 Nov 2017)

Alan Kelly: The Chairman is putting it on the record and leaving it up to me then. I thank the acting Garda Commissioner. Has it just been announced now that six stations are to be reopened?

Public Accounts Committee: Reopening of Garda Stations: Discussion (23 Nov 2017)

Alan Kelly: Has it gone to Government?

Public Accounts Committee: Reopening of Garda Stations: Discussion (23 Nov 2017)

Alan Kelly: I am not trying to catch anyone out. I just want to know this process. So it is not a decision for Government?

Public Accounts Committee: Reopening of Garda Stations: Discussion (23 Nov 2017)

Alan Kelly: It has not been noted by Government yet.

Public Accounts Committee: Reopening of Garda Stations: Discussion (23 Nov 2017)

Alan Kelly: I read through the transcript of when we discussed this before. It makes very interesting reading. I actually read it twice since it is quite a story. Going back through the decision-making process on this, a decision was made by the Government to, on a temporary or ad hocbasis, look at opening six stations. Is that correct?

Public Accounts Committee: Reopening of Garda Stations: Discussion (23 Nov 2017)

Alan Kelly: Were the criteria used set up by the Department?

Public Accounts Committee: Reopening of Garda Stations: Discussion (23 Nov 2017)

Alan Kelly: I am not asking that. Were they defined by the Department of Justice and Equality?

Public Accounts Committee: Reopening of Garda Stations: Discussion (23 Nov 2017)

Alan Kelly: I will ask again if they were defined by the Department of Justice and Equality.

Public Accounts Committee: Reopening of Garda Stations: Discussion (23 Nov 2017)

Alan Kelly: What does "in the normal way" mean?

Public Accounts Committee: Reopening of Garda Stations: Discussion (23 Nov 2017)

Alan Kelly: So the criteria were defined internally in the Department of Justice and Equality.

Public Accounts Committee: Reopening of Garda Stations: Discussion (23 Nov 2017)

Alan Kelly: That is clear. It only took four gos. So the Department of Justice and Equality set up the criteria, not An Garda Síochána.

Public Accounts Committee: Reopening of Garda Stations: Discussion (23 Nov 2017)

Alan Kelly: The last time we were here, on numerous occasions, I read out the criteria that were used for the process by which stations were closed and was told that the same criteria were subsequently used for the reopening of stations.