Re: Re: NSS & Decentralisation

@plannerman wrote:

One of the key aspects of the National Spatial Strategy was the decentralisation of Government Departments

This is not possible because decentralisation was devised after the National Spatial Strategy.
2000: National Development Plan: Concentrate investment in 5 Gateway towns for Ireland
2002: National Spatial Stretgy: Make that 9 Gateways and 9 ‘hubs’
2003: Decentralisation: Feck it. We’ll have 59 locations chosen for development including the growth dynamo of Kiltimagh.

When everywhere is a priority, nowhere is a priority.

Did it work? Well, the populations of Cork and Limerick city both shrank between the census of 2002 and 2006. Meanwhile, Meath and North Dublin increased by a fifth.
http://beyond2020.cso.ie/Census/TableViewer/tableView.aspx?ReportId=1757
Kiltimagh grew by 10% (96 people)

Can anyone tell me how many of these departments moved and which ones have not yet commenced the move.

10,300 jobs were to be decentralised : as announced in Dec 2003
by June 2007, 1000 positions had been moved. The government announced that 90% of positions to be moved will be call centre monkey type positions.

http://www.publicjobs.ie/downloads/DIG_report_July_final_draft.doc