Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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Question 252: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of civil servants within his Department who have transferred to offices outside Dublin under the decentralisation programme to date; the percentage of those who had a previous transfer within a two year period of the decentralisation transfer; the number of those people who transferred from a non-Dublin office to a Dublin office in the initial transfer; the average time spent in the Dublin office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6693/07]

Michael McDowell (Dublin South East, Progressive Democrats)
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Under my Department's Decentralisation Programme, around nine hundred posts are scheduled to transfer from twelve agencies to seven locations around the country.

To date, one hundred and thirteen civil servants from within my Department have been re-assigned to provincial locations. By the second half of this year, we will have a presence in all seven locations when over four hundred posts will have moved. This will account for 46% of my Department's overall target with three years of the programme still to run.

During this phase of my Department's programme, thirteen people have transferred from a non-Dublin office for training, spending on average eight weeks in Dublin for that purpose.

The information sought by the Deputy in respect of staff who transferred prior to their decentralisation assignment cannot be compiled without the usage of a disproportionate amount of staff resources which would not be warranted.