Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Labour)
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Question 142: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of posts decentralised to date as part of his Department's decentralisation programme; the location of the decentralised posts in each case; the corresponding number of posts that have been reduced from his Department's Dublin offices to date; and the overall net loss or gain in terms of post numbers as a result of the decentralisation of these posts. [19648/07]

Séamus Brennan (Dublin South, Fianna Fail)
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The number of posts decentralised by my Department, under the Government's Decentralisation Programme, is 49 to date. The location of these posts is in the temporary accommodation secured for my Department in Fossa, Killarney.

The number of posts in my Department in Dublin has been reduced by a corresponding number and there has been no material effect on my Department's overall number of staff, which remains within the core numbers as sanctioned by the Department of Finance.

On completion of the permanent accommodation in the autumn of next year, it is intended that the entire Department relocate to Killarney and that there will be no net loss or net gain of staff numbers in my Department.