Cavan/Monaghan Fianna Fáil TD Brendan Smith has been informed by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Michael McGrath, T.D., that a contract for refurbishment and upgrading works to facilitate the re-opening of Bawnboy Garda Station will be placed shortly.

The Minister in his reply to Deputy Brendan Smith stated that the programme for the works will take about 12 weeks to complete.

“For some-time I had called on the Minster for Justice & Equality to have this Station reopened and I asked the Minister with responsibility for the Office of Public Works to ensure that there are no undue delays in having this Station re-opened”, stated Deputy Brendan Smith.

Reply to my Parliamentary Question below –

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For Written Answer on : 28/04/2021
Question Number(s): 319 Question Reference(s): 21894/21
Department: Public Expenditure and Reform
Asked by: Brendan Smith T.D.
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QUESTION

To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the projected timeline for the commencement and completion of refurbishment and upgrading of Bawnboy Garda station, County Cavan; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

REPLY

It is expected that a contract for works to facilitate the re-opening of Bawnboy Garda Station will be placed shortly. The programme for the works will take about 12 weeks to complete.