Tom Hayes (Tipperary South, Fine Gael)
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Question 50: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position with regard to a premises to accommodate the decentralisation of Irish Aid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25167/06]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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Under the Government's decentralisation programme, the Development Cooperation Directorate of the Department of Foreign Affairs, which is the Headquarters of Irish Aid and currently based in Dublin, will decentralise to Limerick.

The Office of Public Works (OPW) is responsible for the provision of office accommodation for the Directorate in Limerick. The OPW has identified a suitable location on Henry Street in Limerick city centre, and has advised my Department that lease terms have been agreed with the developer. The building is scheduled to be ready for occupation by June 2007.