Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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Question 254: To ask the Minister for Finance if, in view of the fact that the sale of the existing Garda barracks in Buncrana, County Donegal appears imminent, he will assure the elderly residents and young parents who rely on access to the site in order to have oil delivered to their homes that this practice can continue under any sale agreement that may transpire. [5988/07]

Tom Parlon (Laois-Offaly, Progressive Democrats)
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No decision has been taken as yet to dispose of the Garda station in Buncrana, Co. Donegal.

The position regarding access to adjoining properties by nearby residents is that ad hoc local permission was granted by An Garda Síochána from time to time as a "gesture of goodwill" to access their properties through the Garda station property. No legal rights way exist on the said property.

If the Garda station is considered surplus to requirements in the future it will be offered for sale on the open market. It will then be a matter between any new owner of the property and the nearby residents to agree access issues of the land referred to.