The Garda station at Ballyfeard is open on a part-time basis only, usually for one hour a day, approximately five days a week. There is one member of the Garda Síochána attached to it.
It is proposed to build a new Garda station at this centre. The Office of Public Works are actively pursuing the purchase of a site for this purpose. There will be no avoidable delay in commencing work on this project once the site issue is resolved.
The Garda authorities have advised me that the improvement of the existing facilities at Ballyfeard would involve extensive construction work. It is not usual practice to incur substantial expenditure on a station which is only open part-time and which is due to be vacated within a year or so.