Pat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour)

Was the issue of decentralisation raised with the Taoiseach in the discussions with the social partners? I notice that all Government Deputies boycotted the meeting in Liberty Hall on the forced relocation of civil and public servants to various parts of provincial Ireland which has been put in place instead of a balanced programme of negotiated decentralisation. The latter might have worked where the McCreevy plan has failed. Why did the Taoiseach's Deputies stay away from the meeting?

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