The then Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Deputy O'Donoghue, decided this was one political plum for which Deputy Healy-Rae would be unable to claim credit. Without prior consultation with the staff or trade unions, he announced that the Legal Aid Board was to be transferred to Caherciveen, County Kerry. The Minister for Defence decided to transfer the headquarters of the Civil Defence to his home base in Roscrea, County Tipperary while the former Minister with responsibility for the marine, Deputy Fahey, relocated the Marine Institute to his Galway West constituency. It is not necessary to inquire if these moves were coincidence or political expediency, nor into the motivating factor behind them.