Paul McGrath (Westmeath, Fine Gael)
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Question 166: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount of space vacant in the buildings leased in Mullingar under the decentralisation programme; her plans to fill same; and the timeframe involved. [29847/05]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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It is proposed to transfer approximately 300 civil service posts from my Department's headquarters in Dublin to Mullingar under the Government's decentralisation programme announced in December 2003. The indicative date for the provision of accommodation in Mullingar given in the November 2004 report of the decentralisation implementation group is the second quarter of 2008. The Office of Public Works has been given the task of acquiring sites for the overall decentralisation programme. Achieving the indicative date will depend on the progress made on the remaining stages of site acquisition, planning and construction.