Written answers
Tuesday, 20 June 2006
Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
Decentralisation Programme
10:00 pm
Marian Harkin (Sligo-Leitrim, Independent)
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Question 508: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of the 455 decentralised jobs promised to County Wexford in Budget 2003 which have been delivered; if they have not yet been delivered the precise timeframe for delivery of these decentralised jobs to New Ross and Wexford Town; 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. [23763/06]
Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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The present state of progress in relation to the transfer of staff to my Department's new decentralised offices in Wexford and New Ross is set out in the table.
| Wexford | New Ross | |
| Total posts to be Decentralised | 249 | 125 |
| Total number of civil servants that have accepted a decentralisation offer from the Department | 132 | 28 |
| Total number of Dublin-based civil servants that have accepted a decentralisation offer from the Department | 98 | 10 |
It is expected that the Department's Offices in Wexford will be completed in the third quarter of 2008, while the indicative construction date for offices in New Ross is early 2009.
The National Building Agency (55 staff), under the aegis of my Department, is also included in the decentralisation programme and 3 Dublin based staff have applied for decentralisation to the planned Wexford head quarters.
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