Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 12 May 2009
100 Deputy Kathleen Lynch asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the status of the decentralisation programme for his Department; the cost of securing a site for this project and ongoing associated costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18713/09]
View answerThe Decentralisation Programme as originally announced in December 2003, included the proposal to relocate the Headquarters of my Department to Cavan.
As announced by the Minister for Finance in his statement of 14th October last, the Government has deferred decisions on the timing of the implementation of elements of the Decentralisation Programme including that of my Department, pending a review in 2011. Issues relating to the purchase of a site in Cavan town for the proposed decentralisation are a matter for the Office of Public Works.
