Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)

The only person who happened to know this was happening was the former Minister of State at the Department of Finance, Mr. Parlon, who had signs up in Laois-Offaly the evening before the announcement.

The Taoiseach is now saying nobody will move unless he or she is willing to do so. I do not have any evidence of reality here or of people in State agencies who are settled in Dublin, for instance, with their families, school connections and so on wanting to move voluntarily to locations mentioned in the programme. The Taoiseach referred to involuntary willingness but this is many years after the announcement and it is a bit Irish to say the Government wants everybody to understand it is negotiating fully with them.

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