Written answers
Tuesday, 20 November 2007
Department of An Taoiseach
Decentralisation Programme
8:00 pm
Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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Question 131: To ask the Taoiseach 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. [30250/07]
Bertie Ahern (Dublin Central, Fianna Fail)
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Some 33 staff currently serving in my Department have applied through the Central Applications Facility to relocate under the Decentralisation Programme. The breakdown by grade is as follows:
Grade | Number |
Principal Officer | 1 |
Assistant Principal | 5 |
Higher Executive Officer | 4 |
Administrative Officer | 7 |
Executive Officer | 6 |
Staff Officer | 1 |
Clerical Officer | 9 |
15 former members of staff have already been assigned to decentralised posts. The locations to which staff from my Department have applied for relocation include:
Department | Location |
Arts, Sport and Tourism | Killarney |
Social and Family Affairs | Drogheda, Letterkenny, Buncrana, Donegal and Sligo |
Transport | Loughrea |
Enterprise, Trade and Employment | Carlow |
Agriculture and Food | Portlaoise, Galway and Navan |
Education and Science | Mullingar and Athlone |
Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs | Knock Airport |
Defence | Newbridge |
Finance | Tullamore |
Communications, Energy & Natural Resources | Clonakilty |
OPW | Trim and Claremorris |
Revenue Commissioners | Ennis, Tralee and Athy |
Ordnance Survey Ireland (OSI) | Dungarvan |
National Standards Authority of Ireland (NSAI) | Arklow |
Probation and Welfare Service | Navan |
National Roads Authority | Ballinasloe |
National Educational Welfare Board | Portarlington |
Development Co-Operation Ireland | Limerick |
Sustainable Energy Ireland | Dundalk |
Garda HQ | Thurles |
Area Development Management (ADM) | Clifden |
Valuation Office | Youghal |
Prison Service HQ | Longford |
Central Fisheries Board | Carrick-on-Shannon |
It is a matter for those Departments to which staff from my Department have decentralised to assign such staff to locations outside of Dublin. The Deputy will be aware that there are no proposals to decentralise my Department or any of the bodies under its aegis.
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