Tom Hayes (Tipperary South, Fine Gael)
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Question 151: To ask the Minister for Finance the position with regard to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary who has applied for a transfer with the Civil Service. [38436/05]

Tom Parlon (Laois-Offaly, Progressive Democrats)
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The person in question was recruited to the Department of Foreign Affairs on 18 December 1995 and transferred to the accounts branch, Office of Public Works, Kilkenny on 8 June 1999 on a voluntary transfer.

From the information available to the Commissioners of Public Works the following is the position thereafter. The person submitted an "application for transfer to a provincial location" dated 26 November 2001, specifying Waterford as first choice and Clonmel as second choice of preferred location. The person's application form was forwarded to all Departments and offices with offices in Clonmel and-or Waterford.

The person was offered a transfer to the Department of Social and Family Affairs in Clonmel on 10 April 2002. The person refused the transfer. On refusal of the offer of a transfer, the person was removed from the transfer list for the Department of Social and Family Affairs for Clonmel. This is the protocol associated with the transfer system and is agreed between the relevant unions and the Department of Finance. The person needed to reapply to that Department to be put back on to the transfer list for that location. The person has not to date reapplied for a transfer to the Department of Social and Family Affairs in Clonmel.

The person was offered a transfer to the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform in Waterford on 3 May 2002. The person refused the transfer. On refusal of the offer of a transfer, the person was removed from the transfer list for the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform for Waterford, again in accordance with the protocols. The person needed to reapply to that Department to be put back on to the transfer list for Waterford. The person has not to date reapplied for a transfer to the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform in Waterford.

The person was offered a transfer to the Department of Social and Family Affairs in Waterford City on 25 October 2002. The person refused the transfer on 30 October 2002. On refusal of the offer of a transfer, the person was removed from the transfer list for the Department of Social and Family Affairs for Waterford, again in accordance with the protocols. The person needed to reapply to that Department to be put back on to the transfer list for Waterford. The person has not to date reapplied for a transfer to the Department of Social and Family Affairs in Waterford.

The person has been advised that it is the individual's responsibility to reapply to Departments and offices for locations where the person has already refused the offer of a transfer in order to be considered again for a possible future transfer.

The person submitted an application for transfer to the Courts Service in Tipperary and that application was acknowledged by the Courts Service on 14 November 2002. The person also submitted an application for transfer to the Courts Service in Waterford and this was acknowledged by the Courts Service on 22 January 2003. The person was offered a work-sharing post in the Courts Service in Tipperary on 16 June 2003, which was refused. The person was offered a work-sharing post in Waterford on 28 August 2005, which was refused.

The person is currently second on the Waterford transfer list for the Courts Service and 18th on the Clonmel list. However, the majority of possible transfers to the Courts Service that arise are on a work-sharing or temporary full-time basis. The person is currently 26th on the transfer list for the Tipperary area in the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform, pursuant to the "application for transfer to a provincial location" submitted in November 2001.