Written answers

Tuesday, 20 November 2007

Department of Defence

Decentralisation Programme

8:00 pm

Photo of Joan BurtonJoan 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 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. [30242/07]

Photo of Willie O'DeaWillie 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 of 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 made applications to decentralise to Newbridge, the vast majority of whom are Dublin based applicants. Currently, 135 Newbridge bound staff are in their decentralising posts. All of these staff were Dublin based prior to any decentralisation-related moves. No staff have transferred to Newbridge yet, as the construction of the Department's new headquarters is not expected to be completed until 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.

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