Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Labour)
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Question 567: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of civil servants in his Department who have transferred to offices outside Dublin under the decentralisation programme to date; the percentage of these who had a previous transfer within a two year period of the decentralisation transfer; the number of these 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. [10524/07]

John O'Donoghue (Kerry South, Fianna Fail)
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Under my Department's decentralisation programme to Killarney, an advance group of 44 staff relocated to temporary accommodation at Fossa, in September 2006. Since then a further 3 staff have relocated to the temporary accommodation. Of the staff transferred to Fossa, 93% had transferred into my Department within the previous two years.

The number of staff who have transferred from a non-Dublin office to a Dublin office to date is 12 and the average time spent in the Dublin Office for training purposes is 3 weeks, with senior staff spending longer periods in Dublin. An extensive programme of induction and training is in place to ensure that all new staff are familiar with the objectives, procedures and work of the Department.