Emmet Stagg (Kildare North, Labour)
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Question 76: To ask the Minister for Finance if the OPW has received confirmation from Kildare County Council that it has agreed to the disposal of a plot of land adjacent to the new Leixlip Garda station site to the OPW; if it has not, if the OPW will immediately contact Kildare County Council; if it has, when the revised sketch scheme will be submitted to the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform; if construction will commence on the new Garda station in 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20482/05]

Tom Parlon (Laois-Offaly, Progressive Democrats)
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OPW has received formal confirmation of Kildare County Council's willingness to transfer to OPW, a plot of land adjacent to the site of the proposed new Garda station in Leixlip. However, the council has indicated the area of land to be transferred is smaller than the area originally considered. The council has not detailed any terms and conditions attached to the disposal of the site. Further discussions will need to take place with Kildare County Council in this regard. In the circumstances it is intended to seek the approval of the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform to proceed to planning in respect of a development on the existing State-owned site.