Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)

I am working from memory, but I think the Decentralisation Implementation Group had a view on that which would allow the Minister retain certain core personnel in Dublin as well. That Aireacht idea has arisen subsequently in the context of discussion and negotiation with trade unions and employee representative groups. I believe the implementation group has come up with a solution that enables neither issue to be mutually exclusive, in other words, we can have people in Dublin on a permanent basis. That would have the net effect of not everyone transferring from Dublin to the Department area. That is my most up to date——

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