Ms Clare McGrath:

I do not have the specific number but I believe it is over 270. If I need to correct that, I will come back to the committee with the correct figure.

Decentralisation for personnel was on a voluntary basis. People chose to apply through CAF, the Central Applications Facility, which meant certain Departments, had staff coming in because people were interested in their locations and in other cases people went out. All the volunteers who chose to move to the OPW office in Trim are now in place.