Seán Sherlock (Cork East, Labour)
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Question 205: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if there will be employment opportunities in the Fermoy area resulting from the transfer of her Department's offices from Cork city to Fermoy under the decentralisation programme in the event of a shortfall in the number of existing Department staff and other public servants taking up the posts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32638/07]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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My Department is currently recruiting for Fermoy from the Central Applications Facility (CAF), the mechanism by which existing civil servants apply for such posts. Until all the various CAF processes are exhausted, it is not possible to determine whether shortfalls will exist. If shortfalls arise, my Department will examine the issue with the Department of Finance. Any recruitment at entry grade levels would be open to all, subject to the normal qualifying criteria.