John Gilroy (Labour)

Some years ago Fianna Fáil announced decentralisation, which was hailed as a stroke of genius. It now turns out to be a ball of smoke, hubris nonsense that must be confronted.

Perhaps the Minister will confirm the Government's commitment to providing funding for a substantial number of regeneration projects in urban areas, in particular Limerick, Ballymun and substantial parts of the northside of Cork city. Is flexibility built into the programmes to allow the transfer of money between programmes, where a particular programme does not appear viable and so on?