Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry South, Independent)
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Question 513: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he is proposing to close more Garda stations; and the location of same. [3626/12]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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The Garda Commissioner, under Section 22 of the Garda Síochána Acts 2005 - 2007, prepares a policing plan for the forthcoming year which must be submitted to me, before the month of November each year, for approval. Any plans the Commissioner has in relation to the closure of Garda Stations must be detailed in that annual policing plan. As the Deputy is aware, the 2012 policing plan provides for the closure of 31 Garda stations throughout the country and the formal closure of a further eight non-operational stations. Any further closures of Garda Stations must therefore be detailed in the policing plans for 2013 and each subsequent year.