Probably at most 20 to 25 locations will eventually benefit, leaving as many as 114 applicant locations bitterly disappointed and apportioning blame for the failure to get a Government office at the feet of the local Fianna Fáil or Progressive Democrats representative. As a result, the political solution to a political problem is a phased-in decentralisation programme over a ten year period which the Government hopes will dilute local anger and lessen the negative electoral impact at next year's local elections.