Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
Link to this: Individually | In context

Question 694: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if there are any plans to open a Garda station in Palmerstown, Dublin 20; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33504/09]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
Link to this: Individually | In context

The formulation of proposals in relation to the opening and closing of Garda stations is a matter, in the first instance, for the Garda Commissioner in the context of the annual policing plan, as provided for in section 22 of the Garda Síochána Act 2005. I am advised by the Garda authorities that the opening of a new Garda Station would be incompatible with contemporary policing policy and would result in valuable Garda resources being diverted from outdoor, operational policing to indoor administration duties. In that context, I am informed that there are no plans to open a Garda Station at Palmerstown, Dublin 20.