Kieran O'Donnell (Limerick East, Fine Gael)
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Question 1292: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of civil and other public servants based in Dublin in his Department and agencies who have applied for decentralisation, who have been transferred to their decentralised post and are currently in position in the decentralised location outside Dublin; the number of civil and other public servants required for decentralisation under plans; the original and expected date for full decentralisation to be in place; the locations together with details of properties and land owned, purchased or planning permissions sought for the construction of premises for decentralisation; the costs incurred to date; the original budgeted for and expected total costs to be incurred for decentralisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2608/08]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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Question 1296: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of civil servants and other public servants, who have relocated to locations outside of Dublin under the Government's decentralisation programme; the estimated number of each category who will have relocated by the end of 2008; the breakdown of each set of figures in terms of those who are relocating from Dublin and relocating from elsewhere; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2995/08]

Kieran O'Donnell (Limerick East, Fine Gael)
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Question 1297: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of civil servants and other public servants who have decentralised as at 31 December 2006 and the current date broken down into individual Departments and agencies; the number required for full decentralisation, broken down under individual departmental and agency plans; the number of currently decentralised locations in operation; the agencies with no progress; the values of properties purchased and sold in respect of the decentralisation process to date; the other costs incurred to date with the decentralisation process, broken down by category; the number of departmental staff involved in administrating the decentralisation process since its inception; the number of planning applications in progress in relation to building decentralised premises and planning applications to be submitted, broken down by location and planning submission date; the original budgeted and the expected total costs to be incurred for decentralisation; his further proposals in this regard; the expected date for completion of the full decentralisation process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3009/08]

Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 1292, 1296 and 1297 together.

Under my Department's decentralisation programme, just over nine hundred posts are scheduled to relocate from Dublin to seven different provincial locations by 2010. I am pleased to report that, to-date, four hundred and twenty officers have taken up duty and the Department now has a presence in all of our seven locations. Within that number, two hundred and twenty-three officers transferred from Dublin. Around one hundred and thirty posts are due to relocate in 2008 but because the validation process, which is required under the central agreements, is still under way, it is not possible, at this stage, to provide a breakdown between Dublin and provincial applications. However, I can say that, by the end of 2008, my Department will have successfully moved 60% of its total complement of decentralising posts, with two years of the programme still to run. The administration of the decentralisation programme within my Department is carried out by five officers. All matters relating to the provision of office accommodation, buildings and other property solutions, required under the programme, are primarily the responsibility of the Office of Public Works and I am informed by the OPW that the following table sets out the relevant details. The non-property costs, such as IT and training, incurred by my own Department, up until the end of the third quarter of 2007, amounted to nearly €1.3m.

The staffing details in respect of individual locations and agencies, requested by the Deputies in respect of my Department, are contained in the following table.