asked the Minister for Finance if he will reconsider the decision not to build an office at Ballina, County Mayo, to house part of the Department of the Environment.
Written Answers. - Proposed Government Office in Ballina.
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The position is that the Government, in the light of the difficult economic situation, considered it necessary to cancel the decentralisation programme and this was announced in the context of the 1983 budget. It was estimated at that time that the overall savings arising from that decision would be of the order of £40-50 million.