Niall Collins (Limerick, Fianna Fail)
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269. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide in tabular form by county a breakdown of security and maintenance costs of closed Garda stations; the current use of each station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41793/13]

Brian Hayes (Dublin South West, Fine Gael)
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Former Garda stations remain the property of the Office of Public Works until they are allocated for other state use, disposed of, or identified for community use. These properties remain assets of the State and OPW as owners has responsibility to secure and protect these properties. Much of the expenditure outlined on the attached table related to the initial securing of the closed Garda Stations.

The figures for the current/future usage of these properties are shown in Table 1. The security and maintenance costs are shown in Table 2.

Table 1

Summary

Advertised for disposal: 31

Future use of property under consideration: 67

Assigned for other State use: 4

Leased - will be surrendered: 8

Other State usage being considered: 9

"Retention requested by An Garda Síochána – Garda residence occupied": 25

Assigned to Community: 6

Being used by the Irish Coast Guard: 1

Retention requested by An Garda Síochána: 1

Total: 152

Table 2