Written answers
Thursday, 12 July 2018
Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
Garda Station Closures
Jim O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay South, Fianna Fail)
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119. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the income generated from Garda stations that were disposed of by station; when each station was disposed of; his plans to sell other stations in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31704/18]
Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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I am advised by the Commissioners of Public Works that they have sold the following former Garda stations since 2014, with a total value of €3,228,000.
| Former Garda Station | County | Sale Amount | Sale Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aclare | Sligo | €40,000 | 31 July 2015 |
| Baldwinstown | Wexford | €75,000 | 27 March 2014 |
| Ballacolla | Laois | €15,000 | 07 September 2016 |
| Ballinahowen | Westmeath | €20,000 | 22 January 2016 |
| Ballinakill | Laois | €92,000 | 28 July 2015 |
| Ballinure | Tipperary | €100,000 | 05 June 2014 |
| Ballyfarnon | Roscommon | €40,000 | 19 October 2016 |
| Ballymore | Westmeath | €55,000 | 24 June 2014 |
| Ballyragget | Kilkenny | €141,000 | 28 July 2015 |
| Ballywilliam | Wexford | €110,000 | 28 July 2015 |
| Carrigaholt | Clare | €105,000 | 03 November 2015 |
| Churchill | Donegal | €62,000 | 14 December 2015 |
| Cloone | Leitrim | €50,000 | 27 March 2014 |
| Crossakiel | Meath | €6,000 | 03 June 2015 |
| Doochary | Donegal | €35,000 | 06 February 2017 |
| Doon | Limerick | €50,000 | 05 June 2014 |
| Dromod | Leitrim | €142,000 | 14 December 2015 |
| Dundrum | Tipperary | €90,000 | 05 June 2014 |
| Easkey | Sligo | €65,000 | 14 December 2015 |
| Fenit | Kerry | €110,000 | 22 November 2016 |
| Finea | Cavan | €56,000 | 24 June 2014 |
| Geashill | Offaly | €123,000 | 28 July 2015 |
| Glencolumbkille | Donegal | €47,500 | 22 March 2017 |
| Grangemockler | Tipperary | €103,000 | 27 March 2014 |
| Inchigeela | Cork | €55,000 | 27 March 2014 |
| Inistioge | Kilkenny | €132,000 | 28 July 2015 |
| Johnstown | Kilkenny | €115,000 | 28 July 2015 |
| Kilmessan | Meath | €200,000 | 24 June 2014 |
| Kiltealy | Wexford | €86,000 | 28 July 2015 |
| Kiltyclogher | Leitrim | €58,000 | 11 December 2014 |
| Labasheeda | Clare | €18,500 | 04 December 2015 |
| Lahardane | Mayo | €70,000 | 08 January 2016 |
| Lauragh | Kerry | €115,000 | 16 February 2016 |
| Lettermore | Galway | €63,000 | 27 March 2014 |
| Longwood | Meath | €76,000 | 24 June 2014 |
| Mallow Road | Cork City | €260,000 | 27 March 2014 |
| Meelin | Cork | €44,500 | 17 February 2015 |
| Menlough | Galway | €50,000 | 14 February 2017 |
| Newtowncashel | Longford | €50,000 | 27 March 2014 |
| Rathowen | Westmeath | €15,000 | 25 June 2015 |
| Tournafolla | Limerick | €42,500 | 21 October 2016 |
| Tullyvin | Cavan | €45,000 | 24 June 2014 |
| Total | €3,228,000 |
The Programme for a Partnership Government commits to requesting the Policing Authority to oversee a review of ‘both the boundaries of Garda districts and the dispersement of Garda stations in rural areas and in developing urban and suburban areas with a view to ensuring both an efficient and optimum geographical distribution of stations’. In this regard, the Acting Garda Commissioner has requested the Office of Public Works not to dispose of any further former Garda stations.
In light of this request from An Garda Síochána and pending the outcome of this further review of closed Garda stations, the Commissioners of Public Works have no plans at this time to dispose of any other former Garda stations that were closed as part of An Garda Síochána’s 2012 and 2013 Rationalisation Programme.
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