Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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We have a new Minister, Deputy Ring, from County Mayo, whom I congratulate. What would be Mr. McGuinness's view if he got the Government to decide that the headquarters and staff of that Department would be located at the site that was bought in Charlestown for that purpose and that he would locate the entire Department there, including the Secretary General, in order that they would be looking at the world from a western and rural point of view, from the top down, rather than from the bubble in Dublin? Does he believe a bold decision like that - he knows my preference was the site at Knock airport, which crazily was knocked by An Bord Pleanála, but I will settle for Charlestown where a site was purchased - would make a psychological difference and show from day one that we are now in a new dispensation, and I am sure the jobs in that part of Mayo would be very welcome.