Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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Question 475: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of civil servants based in Dublin who have applied for decentralisation, who have been transferred to their decentralising post and are 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. [30243/07]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The number of civil servants based currently in my Department in Dublin who have applied to decentralise is 179. One hundred and thirty seven (154) of these applicants wish to decentralise with my Department, while 25 wish to decentralise with other organisations.

To date my Department has been able to accommodate 48 officers who applied to decentralise in a location of their choice outside of Dublin. Sixty one (61) officers who had been employed by my Department and who applied to decentralise have been accommodated by other organisations in the location of their choice outside of Dublin.

Of the 48 officers who have been assigned by my Department to posts outside of Dublin, 26 were assigned to posts in Dublin immediately prior to transfer. Of the 61 officers who transferred out of my Department to decentralised posts in other organisations, 18 were assigned to posts in Dublin immediately prior to transfer.

The formerly Dublin based officers who have decentralised with my Department have gone to Athlone, Tullamore, Limerick, Waterford and Navan. The formerly Dublin based officers who have transferred from my Department to decentralise with other organisations have gone to Clonakilty, Tubbercurry, Tullamore, Sligo, Portlaoise, Killarney and Longford.