Michael Lowry (Tipperary, Independent)
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218. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of progress made on the construction of a new Garda station at Kickham Barracks, Clonmel, County Tipperary; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that this project at Kickham Barracks has secured planning; when funding for the construction of the new Garda Station at Kickham Barracks will be provided; the envisaged commencement date for when construction will start; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28398/21]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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As the Deputy will be aware, the Garda Commissioner is, by law, responsible for the management and administration of An Garda Síochána and for the effective and efficient deployment of Garda resources, including Garda stations.

Following a review of An Garda Síochána's accommodation requirements the Commissioner decided that a Public Private Partnership (PPP) should proceed to deliver new stations in Macroom and in Clonmel.

I am advised by the Garda authorities that the acquisition of the site for the development of a new station in Clonmel has been completed and that An Garda Síochána has provided a brief of requirements for the new station at Clonmel to the OPW so that it may develop designs for the new station, with associated costs.

The OPW has advised that a Part IX planning application for the new Garda Station in Clonmel was submitted in mid-October 2020, and following assessment of a number of submissions received by the end of the six-week period, the planning application was granted in early 2021.

An Garda Síochána continues to engage with my Department, the OPW and the National Development Finance Agency (NDFA), which is the procuring authority for PPPs, to progress the Garda PPP project, with a view to the project commencing in 2022.