Seanad debates

Wednesday, 21 May 2003

Decentralisation Programme: Statements.

 

Decentralisation is not just about taking a group or a part of a public body, erecting a building – however aesthetically pleasing – in an appropriate town in a rural area and saying that this represents decentralisation. It is decentralisation of administration, but it is not decentralisation of the service and it is not going to meet the criterion of the Minister of State, which is to be focused on the needs of its customers – particularly if customers cannot gain access to it without staying overnight in the place in which it is located.

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