Cathal Crowe (Clare, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I met Peter Kearney in the D'Olier Street headquarters a few weeks back at the height of the IR situation. It is an impressive headquarters but it struck me it is very removed from where the real action of the IAA is happening Most of the authority's workforce is based in Shannon, with many more in Ballygirreen, Cork, Dublin, Knock etc. Would the authority consider coming out of Dublin city and basing themselves below in Shannon? I met Ms Hynes below. She has spent much time down in Shannon. I am sure it would be personally advantageous to her to be there. There was a good day there a few weeks ago when all the people from headquarters were down. Someone remarked to me as those people left, not as a personal comment but as a matter of fact, that it was a long time since they had seen all the senior management down there. They should consider, when the separation occurs, bringing senior management back to County Clare where most of the workforce is based.