Written answers

Tuesday, 29 November 2005

Department of Agriculture and Food

Decentralisation Programme

9:00 pm

Photo of Eamon GilmoreEamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)
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Question 331: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of persons within each unit or State agency of her Department who have opted to move to the proposed new location for their unit; the number of other Dublin based employees of her Department who have opted to move to one of the decentralising units within her 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. [36742/05]

Photo of Mary CoughlanMary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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Some 200 people have applied via the central applications facility to decentralise with the Department to Portlaoise. To date, 130 staff have been assigned within the Department, 85 of whom have actually moved. A total of 88 people have applied via the CAF to decentralise with the Department to Fermoy, of whom 18 are assigned. So far 90 people have applied via the CAF to decentralise with the Department to Macroom, of whom 22 are assigned.

Some 320 Dublin-based staff within my Department have applied via the CAF to decentralise with this or other Departments, offices and agencies. There are approximately 400 Dublin-based staff who have not applied for decentralisation. A number of these staff have expressed an interest in relocating to Backweston, County Kildare, to where 70 posts are to be relocated.

The CAF shows that out of 67 positions in Bord Bia, 19 personnel are willing to transfer with Bord Bia and two want to transfer out of the organisation. In addition, 41 external personnel have applied to join Bord Bia in Enniscorthy.

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