Pat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael)
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Question 76: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food further to Parliamentary Question No. 467 of 23 February 2010, if he has plans to set up a satellite service for farmers in County Clare on mart days to facilitate those farmers who have to travel long distances as a result of the decision to close the local Department's office in Ennis. [24994/10]

Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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A major rationalisation plan for my Department was approved by Government last year. This plan involves a comprehensive restructuring of the Department's local office network and provides a fully integrated service to our farming clients and the wider agri-food and rural environmental sectors at regional level. The plan involves reducing, from 57 to 16, the number of offices from which the Department will operate. These new structures will not alter existing arrangements at marts.