Written answers
Tuesday, 3 July 2007
Department of Defence
Decentralisation Programme
9:00 pm
Jack Wall (Kildare South, Labour)
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Question 476: To ask the Minister for Defence the position of the decentralisation of army head office to the Curragh; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19113/07]
Willie O'Dea (Limerick East, Fianna Fail)
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Following the Government decision on decentralisation announced by the Minister for Finance in his Budget statement in December 2003, a Defence Forces Decentralisation Implementation Plan was produced on 28 May 2004. This plan makes provision for the movement of approximately 413 military personnel currently employed within posts in Dublin to move to the Curragh with approximately 335 of those personnel being located at the new Defence Forces Headquarters building in the Curragh Camp. DFHQ Communications and Information Services Company and the Defence Forces Printing Press will be located in a separate new facility within the Defence Forces Training Centre in the Curragh. This new facility will cater for approximately 78 personnel.
A further 43 military personnel are planned to be co-located with Department staff in the Department's new headquarters in Newbridge.
In addition to the above, in the order of 30 civilian employees are assigned to sections of DFHQ that are due to relocate to the Curragh Camp.
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