Dan Neville (Limerick West, Fine Gael)
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Question 121: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when the Department's veterinary laboratories will be moving from County Limerick; and the reason for this move. [16188/04]

Joe Walsh (Cork South West, Fianna Fail)
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Following a review by my Department of the laboratory services for the southern region and the local office service for Cork in the context of decentralisation implementation programme and the decision to allocate land at Model Farm Road in Cork for the affordable housing initiative, it was decided to relocate the Department's local office from Cork City to Macroom and also relocate the laboratories in Cork and Limerick to Macroom.

The timescale for the move to Macroom will be affected by the CAF results and the availability of suitable accommodation. Given the scale of the move and the necessity to design technically suitable laboratories, I am not in a position at present to say precisely when the relocation of the laboratories will be completed.