Noel Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail)

To answer generally, the major portion of the decentralisation, which was the move of the Road Safety Authority and the haulage licence section to Loughrea, is now complete. We were also to move some of our operations in maritime safety to Drogheda but because of the stage it was at, it will not go ahead until 2011 under the review. We complied with all of the deadlines and we are probably one of the better Departments in regard to decentralisation.

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