Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Question 186: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of posts that have been decentralised as part of the current decentralisation programme with respect to his Department and agencies; the cost of mileage and overtime paid with respect to the holders of these posts in the year prior to decentralisation and the year after decentralisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34715/07]

Willie 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 my Department's Dublin based Civil Service staff to Newbridge, Co. Kildare. The number of posts to be relocated to Newbridge is 200. No staff have yet transferred to that location. The Civil Defence Board, which is a State Authority under the aegis of the Department of Defence, transferred to its new purpose built Headquarters in Roscrea in May 2006 with a staff of 17.

The mileage paid to these staff members in the year prior to decentralisation amounted to €58,809.72. The mileage paid to these staff members in the year after decentralisation amounted to €32,219.53. The over-time paid to these staff members in the year prior to decentralisation amounted to €47,950.08. The over-time paid to these staff members in the year after decentralisation amounted to €29,763.10. Given the nature of Civil Defence activities, the amounts of mileage and overtime are greater than the generality of civil service staff.