Eamon Ryan (Dublin South, Green Party)
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Question 185: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the establishment of an independent investigation into the costs of decentralisation in view of the estimate made by the trade union IMPACT that decentralisation will result in €65 million additional costs on a annual basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32945/05]

Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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I have no plans to establish an investigation into the costs of decentralisation. While I am aware from media reports of the claim referred to by the Deputy, I am not aware of the basis of or the assumptions underpinning the claim and consequently I can offer no further comment on this claim.