Aindrias Moynihan (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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51. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the planned new Garda station for Macroom is advancing; the milestones that have been achieved over the past year; when a new station will be available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44191/17]

Charles Flanagan (Laois, Fine Gael)
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As the Deputy will appreciate, the programme of replacement and refurbishment of Garda accommodation is progressed by the Garda authorities working in close cooperation with the Office of Public Works (OPW), which has the responsibility for the provision and maintenance of Garda accommodation. As Minister, I have no direct role in relation to these matters.

The Garda Station Building and Refurbishment Programme 2016-2021, which is an ambitious 5 year Programme that will benefit over thirty locations around the country, provides for over €60million of Exchequer funding as part of Government’s Capital Plan 2016–2021 as well as a major Public Private Partnership project which will include the construction of a new Garda station in Macroom as well as in Sligo and Clonmel.

I have been informed by the Garda authorities that the OPW has acquired a site for the development of the new Garda station at Macroom and is progressing the acquisition of sites for the proposed Sligo and Clonmel stations.