We use Google Analytics to see which pages are read and how the site is used, so we know what to improve. This only runs if you accept. See our privacy notice for details.

Dáil
‹ Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation

Bailieborough Garda station

Summary

Deputy Niamh Smyth highlighted delays to the promised new Garda station in Bailieborough and related policing concerns in Cavan and Monaghan. The Taoiseach said the sitting was about promised legislation and programme commitments and advised raising the matter with the Justice Minister or by Topical Issue.

In 2015, the Government announced, with much fanfare, a new state-of-the-art Garda station for Bailieborough, which was to cover a wide district in east Cavan. Building work was to commence in September and be completed by summer 2021. Today the site is surrounded by hoardings and there is no sign of any new work. It is an eyesore on the main street of Bailieborough. This is coupled with what happened in Emyvale in north Monaghan, where the Garda station was burned to the ground last month. In addition, the Cavan-Monaghan Garda division will lose ten patrol cars for policing in the Border area. The Taoiseach knows that public confidence in security in the Border region is fragile. Can he reassure me and my constituents today that the Garda station he promised will be delivered, that Emyvale will get a new station and that gardaí will not be left without ten patrol cars within weeks?

Comment on this
Leo Varadkar The Taoiseach Fine Gael

I thank the Deputy for raising this issue, which is important to people in Cavan and Monaghan. However, this session is on promised legislation and the programme for Government-----

Comment on this

It is in the programme for Government.

Comment on this
Leo Varadkar The Taoiseach Fine Gael

-----and there is nothing in either of those about those particular Garda stations. It might be more appropriate to raise this matter with the Minister for Justice and Equality during Question Time or to table a Topical Issue matter.

Comment on this