Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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Question 479: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of civil servants based in Dublin who have applied for decentralisation, who have been transferred to their decentralising post and are actually in position in the decentralised location outside of Dublin; and the locations and the number of civil servants transferred from a Dublin post who are at such locations. [24429/07]

Willie O'Dea (Limerick East, Fianna Fail)
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The Government Decision on decentralisation, announced by the Minister for Finance in his Budget Statement on 3 December 2003, provides for the transfer of all my Department's Dublin based Civil Service staff to Newbridge, Co. Kildare. The number of staff to be relocated to Newbridge is 200. A total of 338 personnel have applied to decentralise to Newbridge. The vast majority of these are Dublin based applicants.

None of the 128 Newbridge bound staff currently serving in my department has transferred to that location, as the construction of the Department's new headquarters is not expected to be completed until the first quarter of 2009. A total of 14 staff have transferred from Dublin based posts to the Civil Defence Board which decentralised to Roscrea, Co. Tipperary in 2006. A further 7 staff have transferred from Dublin based posts to my Department's existing offices in Renmore, Co. Galway.

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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Question 480: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of civil servants and other public servants who have relocated to locations outside of Dublin under the Government's decentralisation programme; the estimated number of each category who will have relocated by the end of 2007; if he will break each set of figures down in terms of those who are relocating from Dublin and relocating from elsewhere; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24443/07]

Willie O'Dea (Limerick East, Fianna Fail)
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A total of 21 staff currently serving in my Department have transferred from Dublin posts to the Civil Defence Board in Roscrea , Co. Tipperary and my Department's offices in Renmore, Co. Galway under the Government's Decentralisation Programme. A further 9 staff members have transferred to the Roscrea location and 6 staff members to the Galway location from other provincial locations. It is expected that by the end of 2007 a total of 40 staff will have transferred to my offices outside of Dublin under the Government's Decentralisation Programme.

The Government Decision on decentralisation, also provides for the transfer of all of my Department's Dublin based Civil Service staff to Newbridge, Co. Kildare. To date, 128 Newbridge bound staff are currently serving in my Department. None of these staff will have relocated to Newbridge by the end of 2007, as the construction of the Department's new headquarters is not expected to be completed until the first quarter of 2009.