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Tue 07 Jul 2008Decentralisation halt
THE GOVERNMENT'S announcement of its intention to suspend further expenditure on the acquisition of accommodation for its decentralisation programme was long overdue. Only a fool would buy sites or sign expensive office contracts in a falling property market.
Having originally embarked on a chaotic and uncosted decentralisation programme that envisaged 10,000 civil and public servants moving out of Dublin to 53 locations, there was a reluctance to shout stop. In the end, the worsening state of its finances has come to the Government's rescue.
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