Paul McGrath (Westmeath, Fine Gael)
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Question 395: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress which has been made in bringing the Department of Education and Science to Mullingar as announced in the decentralisation programme; the timescale she envisages for the completion of this programme; and the number of civil servants who will be accommodated in the decentralised Department of Education and Science. [14977/05]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The decentralisation implementation group report of November 2004 included the Department of Education and Science as a potential early mover to Mullingar under the Government's decentralisation programme. Approximately 300 staff will be transferred to Mullingar under the programme. The Office of Public Works has overall responsibility for the provision of accommodation in the decentralised locations. My Department is working with it to ensure that the move can be made as early as is feasible.