McCreevy vows to decentralise civil servants at all costs

FINANCE Minister Charlie McCreevy yesterday vowed to plough ahead with decentralisation at all costs and denied the Government’s plan to relocate 10,000 civil servants was politically motivated.

Releasing the first report of the Government’s decentralisation implementation group in Government buildings yesterday Mr McCreevy said every aspect of the plan, announced in December’s Budget, would be completed.

“I want to make it clear that this programme will be delivered in its entirety. there is no question of reconsidering the scale of the programme either because of the location or numbers involved,” he said.