Jack Wall (Kildare South, Labour)
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Question 296: To ask the Minister for Defence if agreement has been reached in regard to the decentralisation of his Department to Newbridge; the number of officials seeking or applying for transfer to Newbridge; the number from within his Department seeking the transfer; the number outside his Department seeking a transfer; the grades of the personnel seeking the transfer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18578/06]

Willie O'Dea (Limerick East, Fianna Fail)
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The Government Decision on decentralisation, announced by the Minister for Finance in his Budget statement on 3 December 2003, provides for the transfer of all of my Department's Dublin based civil service staff to Newbridge, Co. Kildare. The number of staff to be relocated to Newbridge is 200. A total of 385 personnel, of which 60 from within the Department, have opted to move to Newbridge. An additional 8 staff from outside my Department have been assigned to this Department for the purpose of relocating to Newbridge. The Government decision also provides for the transfer of 300 Defence Forces Headquarters staff to the Curragh, Co. Kildare.

While the Office of Public Works has identified a suitable site in Newbridge for the Department's new headquarters, negotiations on the acquisition of the site have not yet been completed.

The following table details the number and grades of personnel who have volunteered to decentralise with my Department to Newbridge.