Results 4,001-4,020 of 15,491 for speaker:Eamon Gilmore
- Decentralisation Programme. (25 Nov 2008)
Eamon Gilmore: Question 2: To ask the Taoiseach the number of members of staff of his Department who have applied for relocation under the Government's decentralisation programme; the numbers who have relocated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32377/08]
- Decentralisation Programme. (25 Nov 2008)
Eamon Gilmore: After announcing the decentralisation package, the former Minister, Charlie McCreevy, said that if the Government had not managed to move 10,000 public servants out of Dublin in the decentralisation process by the end of 2006, the Government would not deserve to be re-elected. Of the 2,500 who have been relocated to date, how many are from Dublin? Does the Taoiseach think the scheme is...
- Decentralisation Programme. (25 Nov 2008)
Eamon Gilmore: I want to return to the numbers moving out of Dublin. The Taoiseach described very clearly for us that if one has a decentralisation to Kilrush, somebody might move there from Listowel, somebody might move from Carrick-on-Shannon to Listowel, somebody from Longford to Carrick-on-Shannonââ
- Decentralisation Programme. (25 Nov 2008)
Eamon Gilmore: I am getting to it. How many have moved from Dublin? The Taoiseach said 2,500 posts have been established at various locations around the country.
- Decentralisation Programme. (25 Nov 2008)
Eamon Gilmore: Could the Taoiseach estimate it?
- Decentralisation Programme. (25 Nov 2008)
Eamon Gilmore: The Taoiseach appears to know everything about this except the bottom line.
- Decentralisation Programme. (25 Nov 2008)
Eamon Gilmore: The then Minister, former Deputy Charlie McCreevy, estimated 10,000 by the end of 2006, or the Government did not deserve to be re-elected. Now the Taoiseach cannot tell me the total number. It is probably little more than one tenth of the projected figure.
- Decentralisation Programme. (25 Nov 2008)
Eamon Gilmore: We know all that.
- Decentralisation Programme. (25 Nov 2008)
Eamon Gilmore: How many is it now?
- Decentralisation Programme. (25 Nov 2008)
Eamon Gilmore: That is the number that have jigged around.
- Decentralisation Programme. (25 Nov 2008)
Eamon Gilmore: It is.
- Decentralisation Programme. (25 Nov 2008)
Eamon Gilmore: I am not arguing with that. How many fewer are there in Dublin?
- Decentralisation Programme. (25 Nov 2008)
Eamon Gilmore: This is it.
- Decentralisation Programme. (25 Nov 2008)
Eamon Gilmore: If the Deputy does not knowââ
- Decentralisation Programme. (25 Nov 2008)
Eamon Gilmore: Of the 2,500 posts that have been decentralised, how many have been filled by the original post holder? How many of the post holders who did not move and are not now in the decentralised job have been re-accommodated in other parts of the service? How many are still floating around somewhere without being accommodated in a regular job?
- Decentralisation Programme. (25 Nov 2008)
Eamon Gilmore: Are there any?
- Decentralisation Programme. (25 Nov 2008)
Eamon Gilmore: If 2,500 people are movedââ
- Decentralisation Programme. (25 Nov 2008)
Eamon Gilmore: Does the Taoiseach believe there are any staff whose jobs have been moved? This was to be done on a voluntary basis and staff were given the option that if their job moved, they did not have to go with the job. Are there many people whose job has moved but who now do not have a job to do?
- Decentralisation Programme. (25 Nov 2008)
Eamon Gilmore: All of them?
- Decentralisation Programme. (25 Nov 2008)
Eamon Gilmore: I am surprised it is not the type of question the Taoiseach would have asked himself at some stage.