John Deasy (Waterford, Fine Gael)
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Question 194: To ask the Minister for Finance the position with regard to the proposed decentralisation of Ordnance Survey Ireland to Dungarvan, County Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15476/05]

Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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The Government's decentralisation programme, which was announced in the 2004 budget, will involve the transfer of 210 posts to Dungarvan. Initial data from the central applications facility indicates that 15 staff of Ordnance Survey Ireland have applied to decentralise to Dungarvan and a further 47 expressions of interest in decentralising to Dungarvan have been made by civil servants. All organisations that are decentralising, including Ordnance Survey Ireland, have prepared and submitted implementation plans as requested by the decentralisation implementation group. The plans, which include detailed material on all issues to be addressed such as people, property and business planning, will be further developed as additional information emerges. In its next report, the implementation group will deal with locations and organisations not covered in its November report, which did not include Dungarvan. I understand from the Office of Public Works that it has chosen a site for the decentralisation project in Dungarvan and details of the deal are being finalised with the land owner.