Tommy Broughan (Dublin North East, Labour)
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Question 224: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will report on the decentralisation of his Department to Clonakilty; the number of higher executive officer posts in his Department; the number of HEO posts to be decentralised; and the number of those posts which have been filled by existing Dublin-based HEOs. [30336/06].

Noel Dempsey (Meath, Fianna Fail)
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The Government's decentralisation programme provides for the decentralisation of the Marine function of my Department to Clonakilty by 2007. An early move to interim accommodation in Clonakilty took place in July last. There are seventy-four Higher Executive Officer posts in my Department. Thirteen of these posts are to relocate to Clonakilty. To date, six of these posts have been filled by Dublin based Higher Executive Officers wishing to decentralise.

Tommy Broughan (Dublin North East, Labour)
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Question 225: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will report on the decentralisation of Bord Iascaigh Mhara to Clonakilty; the cost of the decentralisation to date and the projected final cost; the number of staff in BIM; the number to be decentralised; the number of staff who work a full five day week in Clonakilty; and the number who work one, two, three or four days in Dublin with the remainder in Clonakilty. [30337/06]

Noel Dempsey (Meath, Fianna Fail)
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As the Deputy will be aware, the Government's decentralisation programme provides for the relocation of an Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM), involving 95 posts, to Clonakilty. BIM will be located, in its own buildings, on a campus style development with my Department's Seafood and Coastal Zone functions. Following a comprehensive consultation process with both BIM and the Department, the Office of Public Works (OPW) has as already secured a site for the Clonakilty Campus. OPW has also awarded a contact for the construction of facilities following a competitive tendering process. I understand that a planning application will be made by OPW in the coming weeks. I also understand that completion time, depending on the progress of the planning process, would be late 2008. I can confirm that BIM management met in the summer with the Government's Decentralisation Implementation Group to provide an update on progress. BIM management are working towards a relocation timetable of 2008. To date, no BIM staff have relocated to Clonakilty. The costs of the decentralisation facilities in Clonakilty is a matter for OPW and the Department of Finance.