Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 269: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if transfer will be offered or arranged for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare from the Department of Social Welfare to his Department in County Kildare, given their willingness to transfer in accordance with the Government's policy on decentralisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31628/07]

Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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I can inform the Deputy that County Kildare is not included as a provincial location under my Department's decentralisation programme. However, I understand that the person in question has applied for transfer to Kildare under the central transfer arrangements which apply to all Departments. The centrally agreed procedures for the scheme provide for applications to be recorded in strict order of the date of receipt and individual transfers are considered when a vacancy occurs and when the person's place on the list is reached.