Emmet Stagg (Kildare North, Labour)
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Question 139: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the latest information available from the central applications facility in respect of applications from civil servants and other public servants located in Dublin who wish to transfer to new locations outside of Dublin under the Government's decentralisation programme; the way this compares with the Government target of 10,300; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23696/07]

Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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Over ten thousand nine hundred civil and public servants have applied to relocate under the Programme. Of these, approximately 6,000 or 55% are currently based in Dublin. The Central Applications Facility (CAF) remains open and continues to receive applications. At the end of August 2007, over 3,000 staff had been assigned to decentralising posts.