Joan Collins (Dublin South Central, People Before Profit Alliance)
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Question 502: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide, in tabular form, the list of Garda stations affected in the past six months by reduced opening hours and those due to be affected in the next six months; the previous opening hours of these Garda stations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32012/12]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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The Commissioner under the policing plan for 2012 proposed a reduction in the public opening hours of 10 Garda stations in the Dublin Metropolitan Region. The opening hours of the Garda Stations in the table below were reduced from 24 hours to 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. on 30 April, 2012. It is important to remember that while these Garda stations will have reduced opening hours to the public, they will remain as functioning Garda stations on a 24 hour basis.

The result of these reduced public opening hours is that additional Gardaí will be available for operational policing. There are no more stations due to have their hours reduced for the remainder of this year.