Marian Harkin (Sligo-Leitrim, Independent)
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Question 384: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of the 230 decentralised jobs promised to Roscommon Town in Budget 2003 which have been delivered; if they have not yet been delivered the precise timeframe for delivery of these decentralised jobs; the number of people who have opted for decentralisation to each location; and the number of those who have indicated their willingness to move who are currently working in Dublin. [23761/06]

Michael McDowell (Dublin South East, Progressive Democrats)
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The Land Registry is scheduled to decentralise two hundred and thirty posts to Roscommon and the organisation is actively pursuing its decentralisation implementation programme. I understand that negotiations by the Office of Public Works on the acquisition of a site for the permanent accommodation are at an advanced stage and construction is scheduled to be completed in mid-2009. Accordingly, no staff have been decentralised to Roscommon to-date.

In order to move matters forward, the Land Registry has requested the Office of Public Works to identify suitable temporary accommodation for the Land Registry in Roscommon town which would accommodate a small advance party of staff. Once the Land Registry receives confirmation of the extent and date of availability of the proposed temporary accommodation, it will be in a position to commence the actual decentralisation of staff to Roscommon without further delay.

On an ongoing basis, the Land Registry has been undertaking the process of making formal offers to staff, both internal and external, who have expressed an interest in decentralising to Roscommon. To-date, a total of seventy-five people across the Civil Service have accepted offers of decentralisation to Roscommon with the Land Registry. Of these seventy-five, twenty-two are currently Dublin based.