Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Independent)
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Question 317: To ask the Minister for Finance the issues which have arisen following the risk analysis being conducted on his Department's decentralisation programme; the way in which it is intended to address these issues; the projected cost of resolving these issues; the overall cost of his Department's decentralisation programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31971/05]

Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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Risk analysis and ameliorating measures are addressed in my Department's decentralisation implementation plan and I have arranged for a copy to be forwarded to the Deputy.

In relation to non-property aspects of the decentralisation programme, a report was prepared at the request of the decentralisation implementation group and is available on my Department's decentralisation website at www.decentralisation.gov.ie. This report provided a model for identifying non-property costs and savings that might arise both during the relocation phase and in the context of a post-decentralised Civil Service. While my Department is making arrangements to identify costs in accordance with this model, expenditure to date has been limited. The costs associated with the provision of accommodation in Tullamore and Kildare will be met from the Office of Public Works Vote.