The concept of decentralisation is good and, to the limited extent it has been tried, has worked well. It has at least partially assisted in decongesting parts of Dublin, freed office space in the capital and invigorated provincial towns by providing jobs with guaranteed salaries. The Minister of State has rightly said it has given parents and children a quality of life they could never enjoy in Dublin because of the terrible daily congestion in the city. At the same time it has delivered services as efficiently and effectively, if not more so because of easier accessibility than was possible under the centralised bureaucracy that has prevailed in Dublin.