Pat O'Neill (Fine Gael)

I ask the Leader to arrange for the Minister to make a statement to the House on the administrative centres of the proposed new VECs clarifying from where each VEC will be administered and what will happen to the present VEC offices. Some of the proposed changes involve amalgamating the VECs of two counties. A VEC may own offices in one county. Will this be the administrative centre or might it be in leased properties in the other county? If the administrative centre will be in leased properties, what will happen to the VEC offices which are owned? Will they be let or sold? Will some staff from each county be retained?