Unforeseen issues blamed for failure of decentralisation plans

The Government has failed to decentralise 8,000 civil servants, writes Stephen Rogers in Ennis.

THE Government has admitted it failed to decentralise more than 8,000 civil service staff because it did not prepare properly before announcing decentralisation in 2003.

At yesterday’s IMPACT civil service conference in Ennis, the union pointed out that 10,300 civil servants were supposed to have been relocated from Dublin to 53 centres in 25 counties before the election. To date only 2,000 have been moved.