Pat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour)

I thought the staff in Iveagh House had finessed Deputy Cowen a bit but they obviously have not.

When the Taoiseach says there is no departure from the programme as announced is he sticking to the 2007 date? Is he saying there has been no quantification of the cost in his Department of the implications of dispersing civil servants in eight other Departments to 53 locations? Has that aspect not been considered?

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