Dan Boyle (Cork South Central, Green Party)

The Minister seems to accept the €800 million figure given by the Minister of State, Deputy Parlon, to the Joint Committee on Finance and Public Service in regard to the cost of physically moving to centres throughout the country. The Minister of State admitted this did not include ancillary costs, such as providing services like child care, and did not cover additional current expenditure such as logistical costs or the cost of travel to and from the secretariat in Dublin and the new locations of many of the agencies, wherever they will be. Have the figures been researched and can the Minister estimate what the likely costs will be in a year?

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