Noel Treacy (Galway East, Fianna Fail)

On a wider scale, the creation of jobs and the movement of families to the 53 locations chosen for decentralisation will bring considerable economic benefit to those communities and a greater element of service delivery at local level. In this context, we will keep in mind the issue of providing the best possible quality of service to the Department's customers when formulating plans for implementing the overall decentralisation programme. This is a topic my colleague, the Minister for Agriculture and Food, Deputy Walsh, has discussed with the Minister for Finance and which will be kept in mind as the process progresses. The Department will comply with the Government time scale for completion of the relocation and the House will be kept advised of relevant developments.

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