Willie Penrose (Westmeath, Labour)
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Question 83: To ask the Minister for Finance the role of his Department in regard to the setting of conditions for FÁS workers who are being asked to relocate to Birr; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19284/06]

Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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In line with the recommendation of the Decentralisation Implementation Group, a more individualised approach is being adopted to the implementation of the programme in State Agencies such as FÁS. The practical management of the programme is the role of the management of each agency in the first instance. Progress on decentralisation is discussed regularly by agencies with their parent Departments and monitored at Departmental level.

Due to the heterogeneous nature of the State Agencies there will be various complexities which arise in specific organisations. These problems are addressed in conjunction with the agencies' parent Departments in the first instance. Individual problems, for which solutions cannot readily be identified or which have public sector wide implication, are discussed with my Department.