Trevor Sargent (Dublin North, Green Party)

I listened carefully and with interest to what the Taoiseach had to say. When he mentioned that 42 staff from his Department are offering to decentralise, is this a reduction in numbers on the reply he gave the House in February when I noted the number of staff as 45? That amounts to approximately 20% of his Department. Does the Taoiseach expect an increase or further decrease in this number? In his Department's monthly report to the Cabinet on its own decentralisation process, has the timetable for implementation changed in light of the Taoiseach's experiences?

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