Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Question 193: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform 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. [34722/07]

Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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Since 2004, under my Department's decentralisation programme, three-hundred and fifty posts from six bodies attached to my Department have transferred to six different locations around the country. The most recent transfer of these posts took place in November of this year.

Compiling the information sought in respect of overtime payments and other payments to the staff members who decentralised would involve a disproportionate and inordinate amount of time and effort to prepare. This could not be justified in current circumstances where there are other significant demands on resources.