Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Question 206: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance 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. [3209/08]

Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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Below are details reported to the Decentralisation Implementation Group in June 2007 relating to the non-property costs of decentralisation for my Department since 2004.

My Department is currently updating this information and expects to submit further details to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance and the Public Service in the coming weeks.

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Question 207: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance 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. [3224/08]

Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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To date one hundred and twenty three (123) staff of my Department have decentralised to Tullamore and a further two (2) have accepted offers of decentralisation. It is envisaged that a further five (5) will have relocated to Tullamore by the end of 2008, bringing to one hundred and thirty (130) the overall number of posts which will have been decentralised to Tullamore. Approximately thirty (30) further posts in my Department are scheduled to decentralise to County Kildare during 2008.