Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Question 335: To ask the Minister for Transport the non-property cost of decentralisation for each quarter since the project was initiated with regard to his Department's quarterly return to the decentralisation implementation group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3215/08]

Noel Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail)
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Quarterly figures are not available for the non-property cost of decentralisation. The total non-capital expenditure by my Department to date is €31,343 for travel and subsistence costs in respect of the move to Loughrea.

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Question 336: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of civil and public servants in his Department who have been decentralised to date; the number who will be decentralised in total under the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3230/08]

Noel Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail)
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44 civil servants from my Department have transferred to posts which were due to move out of Dublin under the Government's decentralisation programme. Of these 44 staff, 6 have relocated to their decentralised location in Loughrea as either Department of Transport or Road Safety Authority staff. Of the 6 staff who transferred to Loughrea, 4 went as Road Safety Authority staff, thus becoming public servants. The transfer of the remaining 38 staff to their decentralised location is a matter for the new parent Departments. 410 public service posts are required to decentralise in respect of the following four agencies under the auspices of my Department -National Roads Authority (90), and Railway Safety Commission (20) to Ballinasloe, Irish Aviation Authority (100) to Shannon, and Bus Eireann (200) to Mitchelstown. My recent decision to move the Maritime Safety Directorate and the Irish Coast Guard to Drogheda is likely to lead to an increase in the number of posts to be transferred over and above the original 37.