John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)

The Taoiseach will agree the initial proposals on decentralisation by former Minister for Finance, Mr. McCreevy, took everyone by surprise and seemed to be written on the back of an envelope. Does the Taoiseach at this stage have specific proposals on how decentralisation will function? For example, will he spell out how often decentralised staff in his Department will have to commute to Dublin for specific meetings? Is technology for the most modern web-conferencing facilities in place in the Taoiseach's Department, as I see a role for such technology?

See this speech in context