Jimmy Deenihan (Kerry North, Fine Gael)

Referring to powers, this is a typical example of centralisation rather than decentralisation. Recently the Minister promoted the idea of three super regions for marketing and he spent the last tranche of funds through the super regions. How compatible are those three super regions with the existing RTAs? Surely there is a contradiction. Will he persist with his three super regions in the future for marketing, for example, and how will that fit in then with the roles of the seven RTAs in the country?

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