Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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Question 152: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he intends to close three Garda stations (details supplied) in County Monaghan to restrict their opening hours or to make any other changes to their operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31096/12]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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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. Any proposals for the closure of Garda stations or the altering of Regional or Divisional boundaries must be set out in that plan. 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.