Moving Irish Aid to Limerick City a wrong decision?

phog

liammur wrote: »

Decentralisation to places like Killorgin was never going to work. And it was very costly. People simply didn't want to go to places like Donegal for instance. There was no thought at all behind it. Moving to cities like Limerick/Cork etc should not have been such a problem.

I'd much prefer to see companies brought into regions. Decentralisation was like, we can't get you companies, but we'll bring in you in this instead.

We need both, imho, what the city centre needs is footfall and the easiest way to increase footfall is office jobs, not production jobs out in industrial estates. While any job in the region will help the city, daily footfall from people working in the city centre is required. Those jobs brought to the city with decentralisation cannot be lost.

fi314

http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/irish-aid-travel-costs-rise-by-15pc-29474549.html

Seems numbers in Limerick dwindling

Brennans Row

Irish Aid office and 90 jobs staying put in Limerick: Costello

Staff numbers may have reduced by around a third since it opened in 2009 but the Irish Aid office on Henry Street has a secure future for now, according to Minister of State for Trade and Development Joe Costello.

My ministry is now the Ministry of Trade and Development. The trade side of that is all in Dublin and the development side is divided between Limerick and Dublin. There’s a 2:1 ratio. There’s about 86 people based down here and less than 50 in Dublin in the core department. So most of the operation is here in Limerick and we have no plans to change it during the lifetime of the current government. Maybe that puts it to rest,” Minister Costello said. (Limerick Leader)

We will have to wait and see until after the next general election. The lease on the buiding runs until 2028.

fi314

Yes long term lease but Social welfare staff are to move into building before end of Summer.