Written answers
Tuesday, 29 November 2005
Department of Finance
Decentralisation Programme
9:00 pm
Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)
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Question 220: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons within each unit or State agency of his Department who have opted to move to the proposed new location for their unit; the number of other Dublin based employees of his Department who have opted to move to one of the decentralising units within his Department; the number of persons who have to date in 2005 been assigned to each of the decentralising units; and the number of persons who have opted not to move with their decentralising unit who have been reassigned or offered an alternative posting. [36734/05]
Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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For the Department of Finance, the position is as follows:
| Department of Finance. | ||
| Tullamore — 131 posts | Kildare — 33 posts | |
| Number of persons within the decentralising Business Unit who have opted to move with their unit | 10 | 3 |
| Number of Dublin based staff elsewhere in the Department who have opted to move | 9 | 1 |
| Total number assigned to date in 2005 | 66 | 9 |
| Number of persons who opted not to move who have been reassigned | 29 | 0 |
Allowing for vacancies arising in the normal course of events there are eight staff remaining to be reassigned and this is under way at present. I am informed by the agencies under the aegis of my Department that the following is the position with each of the agencies.
| Office of Public Works. | |||
| Trim — 349 posts | Claremorris — 150 posts | Kanturk — 100 posts | |
| Number of persons within the decentralising Business Unit who have opted to move with their unit | 91* | 6* | 2* |
| Number of Dublin based staff elsewhere in the Office who have opted to move | 36 | 4 | 2 |
| Total number assigned to date in 2005 | 123 | 6 | 2 |
| Number of persons who opted not to move who have been reassigned | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| *Includes staff in units earmarked for the location who have applied on the Central Applications Facility, CAF, to express an interest in moving. |
| Ordnance Survey Ireland — 210 posts. | |
| Posts | |
| Number of persons within the decentralising Business Unit who have opted to move to Dungarvan with their unit | 15 |
| Number of Dublin based staff elsewhere in OSI who have opted to move to Dungarvan | 0 |
| Total number assigned to date in 2005 for Dungarvan | 24 |
| Number of persons who opted not to move who have been reassigned | 0 |
| Public Appointments Service — 100 posts. | |
| Posts | |
| Number of persons within the decentralising Business Unit who have opted to move to Youghal with their unit | 2 |
| Number of Dublin based staff elsewhere in the Office who have opted to move to Youghal | 0 |
| Total number assigned to date in 2005 for Youghal | 3 |
| Number of persons who opted not to move who have been reassigned | 0 |
| Valuation Office — 100 posts. | |
| Posts | |
| Number of persons within the decentralising Business Unit who have opted to move to Youghal with their unit | 5 |
| Number of Dublin based staff elsewhere in the Office who have opted to move to Youghal | 0 |
| Total number assigned to date in 2005 for Youghal | 0 |
| Number of persons who opted not to move who have been reassigned | 0 |
| Office of the Revenue Commissioners. | |||
| Kilrush — 50 posts | Newcastle West — 50 posts | Listowel — 50 posts | |
| Number of persons within the decentralising Business Unit who have opted to move with their unit | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Number of Dublin based staff elsewhere in the Office who have opted to move | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total number assigned to date in 2005 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Number of persons who opted not to move who have been reassigned | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The Deputy may wish to note that the tables do not include applicants who are currently working in provincial locations or applicants who have accepted offers to transfer but who have not yet been assigned. For example, in the case of the Revenue Commissioners, 44 people have accepted offers of transfer to Kilrush, 46 people have accepted offers of transfer to Newcastle West and 34 people have accepted offers of transfer to Listowel.
I am informed by the Revenue Commissioners that there were 81 internal applicants for Kildare, 379 posts, 76 are based in Dublin, 65 of those are serving in the units whose work is scheduled to move to Kildare. There are 86 internal applicants for Athy, 250 posts, 76 are based in Dublin, 27 are serving in units whose work is scheduled to move to Athy. No formal offers have yet been made for these locations.
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