Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Labour)
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Question 132: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the offices of his Department that are situated on the north side of Dublin; the locations to which each of them are scheduled to relocate under decentralisation and when; those that are not yet assigned a location; and those that will be retained in their present location. [32101/05]

Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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There are four offices associated with my Department on the north side of Dublin. These are the Companies Registration Office, Office of the Registrar of Friendly Societies, Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement and the Competition Authority. The Companies Registration Office and Office of Registrar of Friendly Societies have been selected as part of the decentralisation programme and both will be relocated to Carlow. Neither the Competition Authority nor the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement are included in the current decentralisation programme. Both of these offices will be retained in their present locations.

With regard to the timeframe for relocation, my Department was identified as an "early mover" in the third report of the decentralisation implementation group. That report gave an indicative timeline of the second quarter of 2008 for completion of the Department's new building in Carlow. We are working to this timeframe.