After 27 years of the Donegal Education Centre being located in Donegal town, all staff members are being forced to relocate to Letterkenny, which is more than an hour and a half away. This is a completely unnecessary decision, which has never been discussed or brought to a general meeting, nor has anybody consulted with the voting members of Donegal Education Centre. The manner in which six members of staff have been treated by the management committee of this centre over the past year, since they first heard the rumours of relocation, is unacceptable. There has been a complete absence of empathy and a total lack of transparency on the part of the Government and local officials. The decision to transfer was made more than a year ago, but it was only announced a few weeks ago. This is a terrible way to treat these people who have worked in this centre for well over ten years. This centre is a cornerstone of Donegal and Donegal town. Will the Government consider reversing this decision of moving the staff members from Donegal town to Letterkenny?

I am not familiar with the background to this but I presume this has been considered for quite some time. It cannot have come as a bolt out of the blue. I will talk to the Minister for Education and alert her that the Deputy has raised this issue in the House today. I am not clear on the rationale as to why it is moving from Donegal town to Letterkenny because education centres are very important in terms of training, service training and a whole range of other development programmes. I will ask the Minister for Education to engage with those who have made this particular decision.