Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael)
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Question 447: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the existing An Bord Bia staff that have applied for decentralisation with the agency; the grade these staff are currently on; if any of these staff are from the core management team; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7110/07]

Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael)
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Question 448: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the applicants for decentralisation with An Bord Bia who currently do not work with the agency; the grades these staff are currently on; her views on whether the level of experience joining the agency from other Departments will have a detrimental effect on the work of the agency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7111/07]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 447 and 448 together.

As I indicated in a reply to a similar question on this issue on 13 February last, 26 Bord Bia staff members have to date, indicated their willingness to relocate to Enniscorthy. Applications have been made by 47 persons from outside Bord Bia for positions in Enniscorthy, under the Decentralisation programme, of whom 19 are based in Dublin.

Issues relating to the transferability of staff between State agencies and between Civil Service, Public Service and State agencies generally are being examined centrally by the Dept. of Finance who deal with general human resource and industrial relations issues arising from decentralisation. Bord Bia is not one of the organisations given early mover status under the Government Decentralisation Plan and a precise time frame has not been established.