In Reply to: John Carty's 999 Announcement posted by Curious on March 30, 2005 at 17:21:38:

Quite cynical of you, Minister Coughlan is the Minister for Agriculture, and the National Call Centre is to be housed in Department of Agriculture buildings at Davitt House Castlebar. Therefore of course it would be the Minister for Agriculture who would be central to the announcement.

The National Call Centre is a centralised office for all emergency "999" calls in the state, this isn't just Gardai business but health services, fire department and defence...999 is an emergency number - not simply a hotline to the Gardai!

Ergo, look at the facts before you get on your high horse, John Carty as the governments representative made the announcement in the local media - big wow....methinks you need someone else to pick on.