Séamus Brennan (Dublin South, Fianna Fail)

All Departments, the Civil Service and the public service, face significant challenges as a result of the decentralisation process. The central applications facility and the decentralisation unit in the Department of Finance are involved in the careful planning of decentralisation so that its voluntary nature is maintained and that it meets the needs of as many families as possible and with the least amount of disruption. I imagine it will be agreed with Departments as to whether individual Departments keep a facility in the capital. It would be practical to have some facility available in Dublin city.

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