Kevin Humphreys (Dublin South East, Labour) | Oireachtas source

There are only ten departmental staff working there. The Department office in Teeling Street is not a public office, and the Senator is probably aware of this. It administrates the Gateway scheme, the rural social scheme, Tús and the community services programme. With 20% occupancy, the Department of Social Protection is the minor tenant in the building on Teeling Street and the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government is the major tenant. The Department of Social Protection has recently been advised of Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government plans to permanently relocate its staff from Tubbercurry in the short term.

The Department of Social Protection is examining potential alternative locations to which the work being undertaken by staff in Tubbercurry can be relocated. Locations in Mayo, Sligo and Leitrim are being explored but no decision has been made. The option will be available to staff based in Tubbercurry to move to the location to which the work is relocated, if they so wish. Every effort will be made to ensure that the staff located in Tubbercurry are accommodated with suitable alternative work locations. There will be no impact for customers as a result of the decision.