Fergal Browne (Fine Gael)

I will not bring up the issue of the salmon and the River Nore today. This is a similar fiasco and the Minister of State's fingerprints are all over it. Senator Mansergh spoke about the significant public support for decentralisation, at more than 80%, as reported in The Irish Times. The real opinion poll, however, was the local elections. Fianna Fáil and the Progressive Democrats lost council seats in every proposed location for decentralisation.