Bertie Ahern (Dublin Central, Fianna Fail)

In my Department, 20% of staff, a total of 48 out of 220 people, have applied to move. That is in line with a very high figure elsewhere. While 2004 was the closing date for applications to the central applications facility, anyone who wants to get onto that list can do so because that was the closing date for priority applications. Several members of the staff have expressed an interest since 2004 and that trend will continue. The numbers across the Departments are increasing all the time.

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