Bernard Allen (Cork North Central, Fine Gael)

The Minister said that the date for decentralisation is drawing near, but has a property been identified yet to house Development Co-operation Ireland, DCI? How does the Minister propose to deal with staff who will not transfer to Limerick and where will they be accommodated within the service? Does the Minister agree that in view of the substantial increase in overseas development aid, there is a serious danger of the intellectual memory of DCI being fatally damaged by this ill-planned decentralisation fiasco? Have any more senior specialists indicated their willingness to move since the Minister's junior colleague last dealt with these questions approximately a month ago?

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