Denis Naughten (Longford-Roscommon, Fine Gael)
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Question 494: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment 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. [10530/05]

Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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Under the decentralisation programme, approximately 300 core staff from my Department will be relocated to Carlow. The following business units-offices of my Department have been selected as part of the decentralisation programme and will be relocated in the new decentralised office: Companies Registration Office-Registry of Friendly Societies. Office of the Director of Consumer Affairs. Work Permits. Labour Inspectorate-Employment Rights. Redundancy Payments Section. Insolvency Payments Section.

All of the business units-offices listed are currently Dublin-based but the ODCA operates a small office in Cork city with three staff and no decision has yet been made regarding the relocation of this office to Carlow. There is only one other office of my Department that currently operates outside of Dublin, the Patents Office, and it is based in Kilkenny. The Patents Office is not included in the current decentralisation programme.