Noel Grealish (Galway West, Independent)
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Question 382: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in view of the fact that the new Garda Regional and Divisional Headquarters at Murrough, Renmore, County Galway has passed through all planning stages, if he will give a commitment that this new headquarters will go to tender without delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24120/12]

Noel Grealish (Galway West, Independent)
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Question 383: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will honour a commitment given by the previous Government that when the new Garda Regional and Divisional Headquarters at Murrough, Galway is constructed that the existing station at Millstreet will be retained as a city centre substation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24121/12]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 382 and 383 together.

The programme of replacement of Garda stations is based on the agreed accommodation priorities established by An Garda Síochána and it is progressed in co-operation with the Office of Public Works. Provision for expenditure on capital projects, including the provision of Garda accommodation, is provided for in the Vote of the Office of Public Works.

I am advised by the Garda authorities that plans for the construction of a new Regional Headquarters in Galway have been developed by the Office of Public Works . Further progress on this project will be pursued in the context of An Garda Síochána's identified accommodation priorities and in the light of sufficient resources being available within the OPW Vote.

I am further advised that Mill Street station will continue to serve as a Regional and Divisional Headquarters until such time as a new headquarters is provided. Any decision in relation to the station at that stage will be a matter in the first instance for the Garda Commissioner in the context of his operational requirements.