Terence Flanagan (Dublin North East, Fine Gael)
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Question 289: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has plans to review the catchment area of a Garda station (details supplied) in Dublin 20, in the west division of the Dublin metropolitan region. [37844/08]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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In accordance with the provisions of the Garda Síochána Acts 2005 to 2007 proposals, inter alia, to alter the boundaries of a divisional geographical area are a matter in the first instance for the Garda Commissioner in the context of the Annual Policing Plan. The 2008 Policing Plan, which was laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas, contains extensive proposals to realign Garda Divisional boundaries and Regions in a number of areas around the country to make them coterminous with the functional boundaries of local authorities. It also provides for an examination of Garda Divisions and Districts within the Dublin Metropolitan Region (DMR).

Because of the scale of the changes currently being implemented outside of the DMR, it is expected that the examination of Divisions and Districts within the DMR will be completed next year.