Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 346: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when it is expected that the new Garda station at Leixlip, County Kildare will become operational; the degree to which Garda strength there has been identified and agreed; if the station is expected to become a divisional headquarters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21411/08]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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The construction of the new Garda station in Leixlip it is being progressed by the Office of Public Works and it is due to become operational later this year. The personnel strength of Leixlip Garda station as at 30 April was 26. The detailed allocation of resources is a matter for the Garda Commissioner to decide in accordance with operational requirements. The situation will be kept under review and when additional personnel next become available the needs of Leixlip Garda Station will be fully considered within the overall context of the needs of Garda Stations throughout the country.

The 2008 Policing Plan, which was laid before both Houses of the Oireachtas, contains the Commissioner's proposals to realign Garda boundaries in a number of areas around the country to make them coterminous with local authority boundaries. This includes the establishment of a new Kildare Division with Naas as the Divisional Headquarters.