The provision of fire cover is a statutory duty of the local fire authority, in this instance Waterford County Council, and my Department has no direct function in the matter. It would be a matter for the council, in the first instance, to determine the fire fighting requirements, including the location and operation of fire stations, needed to enable it to meet its statutory responsibilities.
Repair work was carried out by the council at Lismore fire station in 1998. I understand that the council has indicatively included the station in its proposed capital development programme for the fire service. No formal plans in this regard have however been submitted to my Department.
Question No. 1598 answered with Question No. 1462.