Marc MacSharry (Sligo-Leitrim, Fianna Fail)
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383. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will confirm that no site as yet been acquired or even selected for a new Garda station for Sligo town. [40184/16]

Marc MacSharry (Sligo-Leitrim, Fianna Fail)
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384. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the acquisition and selection of a site for a new Garda station for Sligo town. [40185/16]

Marc MacSharry (Sligo-Leitrim, Fianna Fail)
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387. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the timeframe targets his Department is working to secure a site, design, planning, building and operation for the provision of a new Garda station for Sligo town; and if he will provide a date-by-date breakdown of deadlines that his department has adopted in this regard. [40188/16]

Seán Canney (Galway East, Independent)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 383, 384 and 387 together.

The OPW is looking for a suitable site for the construction of a new Garda Station in Sligo town. Until a suitable site has been identified it will not be possible to advise on timescales.

Marc MacSharry (Sligo-Leitrim, Fianna Fail)
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385. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that an independent engineer's report has condemned the existing Garda station in Sligo town. [40186/16]

Seán Canney (Galway East, Independent)
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OPW technical staff have reviewed the independent report and are considering options in conjunction with local Garda management. In addition OPW is currently considering all options available regarding the acquisition of a suitable site for the construction of a new Garda Station in Sligo town and possible short term office accommodation to allow for the transfer of non operational staff from the station.

Marc MacSharry (Sligo-Leitrim, Fianna Fail)
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386. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that on arrest, prisoners in County Sligo must be taken to the south County Sligo Garda station of Ballymote as the prisoner facilities in Sligo town have been condemned. [40187/16]

Seán Canney (Galway East, Independent)
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I am advised by the Commissioners of Public Works that matters relating to custody in Garda Stations is an operational matter and should be referred to the Department of Justice and Equality and An Garda Síochána.