Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Labour)
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Question 381: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will detail, providing in each case the full postal address, of each section of his Department, each State, semi-State body and agency under the aegis of his Department, which has moved or is due to move from Dublin under the Government's decentralisation programme; the number of staff based there prior to decentralisation; the number of staff that will be based there post decentralisation; and in respect of each building, the intended use it will be put to once decentralisation is complete. [7755/07]

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, currently located at Bishop's Square Dublin 2, will decentralise to Limerick. This is scheduled to take place during the second half of 2007 and will involve the relocation to Limerick of 124 posts. The OPW has identified a suitable location on Henry Street in Limerick city centre, and building has commenced on the site. The developer has indicated that he is now aiming for the building to be fully fitted out and ready for use in the second half of 2007.

In order to help effect the smoothest possible transfer to Limerick, plans are in train for an advance party move, involving approximately 50 staff members, which is scheduled for late May 2007. The remaining staff in the Development Cooperation Division will decentralise in the second half of 2007. The accommodation currently occupied by the Development Cooperation Directorate is leased by the Office of Public Works on behalf of my Department. Its use, after the Directorate has vacated the offices, will be determined on by the Office of Public Works.