Brian Stanley (Laois-Offaly, Sinn Fein)
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Question 148: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will guarantee that Sundrive Road Garda Station, Dublin 12 will remain open permanently and that his Department has no plans to close same. [26016/12]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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As the Deputy is aware, in the Policing Plan for 2012, it was proposed to reduce the public opening hours of the Sundrive Garda station in the Dublin Metropolitan Region (D.M.R.) South Division. This change was introduced on 30 April 2012. The station was open to the public on a 24-hour basis and is now closed to the public between 9 p.m. and 7 a.m. It is important to remember that while the Garda station in question will have reduced opening hours to the public, it will remain as a functioning Garda station on a 24-hour basis.

Under the Garda Síochána Acts 2005 - 2007, the Commissioner is required to submit, before November of each year, a policing plan for the forthcoming year. The Policing Plan for 2013 has not yet been prepared and therefore it is not possible to say at this stage what it may contain although I expect that it will contain measures to address the ongoing issue of rationalisation of the Garda station network.