Marcella Corcoran Kennedy (Laois-Offaly, Fine Gael)
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Question 108: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will review a decision by a local authority (details supplied) in relation to front line services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10758/11]

Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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The provision of a fire service in its functional area, including the establishment and maintenance of a fire brigade, the assessment of fire cover needs and the provision of premises is a statutory function of individual fire authorities under section 10 of the Fire Services Act 1981. My Department's role is one of supporting and assisting fire authorities in delivering fire services through the provision of funding under the fire service capital programme and though setting of general policy.

Under Section 26 of the Fire Services Act 1981, each fire authority is required to prepare, and as occasion requires revise, plans for fire and emergency operations which, inter alia set out the location of fire stations in the authority's functional area. The making and revision of a plan is a reserved function of the local authority.