Denis Naughten (Longford-Roscommon, Fine Gael)
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Question 410: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the sections of his Department currently based outside Dublin which will be moved to other non-Dublin locations under the decentralisation programme; the location from and to which officials are being transferred; the numbers and sections involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10527/05]

Noel Dempsey (Meath, Fianna Fail)
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The Government's decentralisation programme involves the relocation of the Department headquarters and functions to Cavan, the seafood and coastal zone functions to Clonakilty and the maritime safety directorate and the Irish Coast Guard to Drogheda. All these functions and the posts involved in the decentralisation programme are currently based in Dublin.

The Department already has a well-established decentralised dimension with staff and services based in 25 coastal, regional and rural locations throughout the country. The Department's services and the related posts currently located outside Dublin are not included in the decentralisation programme.