Brian O'Shea (Waterford, Labour)
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Question 179: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the position regarding the decentralising of Ordnance Survey Ireland to Dungarvan, County Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23107/07]

Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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As part of the decentralisation programme it is intended that Ordnance Survey Ireland (OSI) will decentralise 200 of its Dublin based Headquarter posts to Dungarvan, Co Waterford. Arrangements to decentralise are proceeding in accordance with the OSI implementation plan and a site has been acquired by Office of Public Works Dungarvan for the OSI headquarters. A schedule of accommodation based on OSI's space requirements has been prepared and supplied to the OPW.

The latest statistical information to hand shows that applications to decentralise to Dungarvan have been made by forty-nine(49) civil and public servants as well as sixteen (16) existing OSI staff. In addition seventy-six (76) staff have been assigned to Dungarvan as a result of recruitment or promotion. A further eleven (11) trainee recruits based in Dublin on two year contracts would also be obliged to transfer to Dungarvan if on completion of their two year contracts they secure full time positions with the OSI.