Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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Question 361: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has ascertained from all public service agencies involved in decentralisation the make-up of the 2,800 people who have taken up posts due to decentralise; the number of these who are transferring with their post from Dublin, who are transferring upon promotion and who are new recruits; and if he will set out the relevant data. [24683/07]

Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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I would refer the Deputy to yesterday's reply to parliamentary questions 24435 /07 and 24449/07 in relation to my Department's Decentralisation Programme. Very significant progress has been made and by the end of this year, close to five hundred posts, from twelve agencies under the aegis of my Department, will have transferred to seven provincial locations. This represents 50% of the total numbers involved.

All of the posts scheduled to move from my Department's agencies are civil service posts. They are sourced directly from the Central Applications Facility and the question, therefore, of recruitment to these posts does not generally arise. The number of promotions has been limited to twenty-three and I can also confirm that thirty officers have transferred in their existing posts.