Written answers

Tuesday, 21 February 2006

Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government

Decentralisation Programme

9:00 pm

Photo of Richard BrutonRichard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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Question 670: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the office or unit within his Department and associated unit that is due to be decentralised; the number of posts and staff in tabular form from each unit within his Department and associated agency who have chosen to decentralise with their parent organisation; and the number of people willing to move who have been assigned their new posts. [6679/06]

Photo of Dick RocheDick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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All Dublin based operations of my Department will be decentralised, with the exception of Met Éireann, ENFO, the Private Rented Tenancies Board and a small co-ordination section which it is proposed to retain in Dublin to assist with the Department's Dáil and other business. The programme involves the relocation of my Department's operations to four locations in the south east, Wexford, Waterford, New Ross and Kilkenny. I recently announced that my Department has reached agreement with OPW on the site for its headquarters in Wexford, which will be acquired from Wexford Borough Council.

At this stage, a total of 70 staff, who are committed to transfer to the south east, are serving in the Department. This includes new entrants and persons recruited under the central applications facility. Another 90 persons from other Departments have indicated their willingness to transfer. Two agencies under the aegis of my Department are also included in the decentralisation programme. The Local Government Computer Services Board, LGCSB, is due to move to Drogheda while the National Building Agency, NBA, will relocate to Wexford. Three staff in the NBA and 23 staff in the LGCSB have applied for decentralisation with their agencies.

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