Billy Timmins (Wicklow, Fine Gael)

For a number of years I have noted a nice sign outside Arklow welcoming the National Standards Authority of Ireland to the town. I have in my possession a letter discussing a new Dublin headquarters for the NSAI and stating the body is looking for a building within a five-mile radius of Glasnevin with a 20-year lease. Will the Taoiseach allow time for the Minister for Finance to come to the House and tell us about the situation with regard to the sham of decentralisation? The Government played a confidence trick on the people.

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