Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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Question 173: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will reiterate a previous commitment (details supplied) that the long promised decentralisation of staff from his Department to Buncrana, County Donegal will take place in 2009. [24541/07]

Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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Under the Government's Programme of Decentralisation, 118 posts in my Department are to be relocated to Buncrana. The Office of Public Works (OPW) is responsible for the acquisition of all decentralised accommodation for my Department. In this regard, the OPW have obtained a site in Buncrana and planning permission was obtained on 30 January 2007. The project is expected to take 21 months and is scheduled to finish mid-2009. The Department is committed to fulfilling its obligations under the decentralisation programme.