Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Labour)
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Question 580: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government 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. [7753/07]

Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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I refer to the reply to Question No. 562 of 20 February 2007.

Under the Government's decentralisation programme, a total of 682 Dublin based posts in my Department will be transferred to four locations in the South East: Wexford (270 posts); Waterford (225 posts); New Ross (125 posts) and Kilkenny (62 posts). My Department's Decentralisation Implementation Plans, which are published on the Department's website at www.environ.ie, outline the sections and the overall numbers which are due to decentralise to the respective locations in the South East. As outlined in the most recent Progress Report (September 2006) from the Decentralisation Implementation Group, the indicative time scales for the completion of the Department's offices in Wexford, Kilkenny, New Ross and Waterford are Quarter 3 2008, End 2008, Quarter 4 2009 and Quarter 3 2010 respectively.

The decentralisation programme also provides that the Local Government Computer Services Board (90 posts) and the National Building Agency (50 posts) are to relocate to Drogheda and Wexford respectively.

The addresses of my Department's Dublin based offices and those of the Local Government Computer Services Board and National Building Agency are contained in my Department's Annual Report for 2005, a copy of which is available in the Oireachtas Library and on my Department's website. As indicated in my Department's Decentralisation Implementation Plans, the disposal of, or alternative use for, the Department's various Dublin offices will be a matter for the Office of Public Works.