John Deasy (Waterford, Fine Gael)
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Question 331: To ask the Minister for Finance when it is expected that decentralisation of the Ordnance Survey office to Dungarvan, County Waterford, will take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20665/05]

Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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In accordance with the Government's decentralisation programme, Ordnance Survey Ireland, OSI, will decentralise 210 posts to Dungarvan. I am informed by the Office of Public Works the position on the decentralisation of OSI to Dungarvan is that a deal has been agreed on a site and contracts have been requested from the vendor.

OSI has prepared and submitted an implementation plan as requested by the decentralisation implementation group. The OSI was not included in the list of 15 priority moves identified in the November 2004 recommendations of the decentralisation implementation group but such remaining locations will be addressed in the next report of the group.