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Thu 06 Jun 2004Workers affected by decentralisation should not join 'lottery for their jobs'Public servants who will be disrupted by decentralisation should not be expected to "enter into a lottery for their own jobs", the Dáil was told.The Fine Gael finance spokesman, Mr Richard Bruton, said decentralisation was not "a simple black and white issue", and he called on the Minister for Finance to deal with the issue as one that "deserves scrutiny, care and attention so that it works, and not just condemn everyone who opposes him as being guilty of cant".