Seanad debates

Wednesday, 2 June 2004

Decentralisation Programme: Motion.

 

6:00 am

Photo of James BannonJames Bannon (Fine Gael)

——turning up in the run-up to the local and European elections. I use the word "bad" in so far as decentralisation as presented by the Government is mismanaged and totally lacking in accountability. This is in no way to take from the concept of decentralisation which I and my party fully support, rather this is said out of frustration that such an important issue should be used in this way as nothing more than a political football by the Progressive Democrats.

I inform Senator Dardis, the spokesperson for the Fianna Fáil B team, formally the Progressive Democrats, that Fine Gael supports decentralisation. It was the first party in the State to propose decentralisation when Fianna Fáil was closing small rural schools——

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