Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)

The word "decentralisation" was a buzz word and this week the Minister decentralised 100 jobs from Mayo, the county I represent. I thought decentralisation involved moving jobs and people out of Dublin to rural Ireland. I am disappointed the west of Ireland Minister of State, Deputy Treacy, allowed 100 jobs to be move from the Department of Agriculture and Food in Castlebar to Portlaoise. What kind of west of Ireland man is Deputy Treacy? That is the kind of decentralisation we have in Ireland, moving jobs from the west of Ireland to the midlands.

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