Noel Coonan (Tipperary North, Fine Gael)
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Question 374: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if there are plans to close Garda stations that are manned by one garda in a constituency (details supplied); if not, if he will give a guarantee that rural stations in the area will not be shut down in the near future; if such a move will leave rural areas vulnerable to crime; the locations of stations that may be closed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22419/09]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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As I have stated previously, I am unaware of any proposal to close rural Garda stations including the one-man stations referred to by the Deputy. I have set out the position in my response to Parliamentary Question No. 262 of the 28th of April 2009.