Marc MacSharry (Fianna Fail)

In reality, this is phase 2 because, as Senator Leyden pointed out, phase 1 included an excellent decentralisation campaign in 1989 and 1990, which was opposed at the time by Fine Gael. This time last year, the Opposition was less concerned for the people of Roscommon and how they might benefit from decentralisation and more concerned with wrecking the Civil Service.