Martin Mansergh (Fianna Fail)

One cannot compare oranges and lemons. There are many priorities in several different areas. One might suggest stopping the road building programme and divert all that money elsewhere. Government has to decide on a balance between different priorities. As I understand it, work on the Central Mental Hospital is under way and a committee has reported. As regards Garda stations, the Minister of State will be aware that I have some interest in a Garda station which has been abandoned in County Tipperary and which a number of social organisations wish to use. Some decisions in this area await the keenly anticipated decentralisation programme, to which reference has been made from all sides of the House within the last 24 hours.