Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)

The Taoiseach stated that 3,180 staff had been moved to various locations as a result of decentralisation. How many of those staff were moved from Dublin? My understanding is that, to date, approximately half of the re-allocation of staff has been between locations outside Dublin and concerns staff who are already based outside Dublin.

The Taoiseach stated that some of the decentralisation proposals have been deferred until 2011. Is it still intended to go ahead with those proposals or will there be any scaling back?

We were told there would be a review of the entire decentralisation programme and a final decision would be made on the projects which were to go ahead. Has that review been completed and, if not, when is it likely to be completed?

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