Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 250: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the position in relation to relocating his Department to a location (details supplied) in County Mayo; and the time-scale involved for the relocation. [4013/08]

Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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Negotiations for the purchase of a site by the Office of Public Works for the Department's headquarters at the location referred to by the Deputy are at an advanced stage. It is not possible at this juncture, however, to say precisely when the new headquarters will be ready. In the meantime, 76 of the 140 staff of my Department originally due to relocate to Co Mayo have transferred to an interim location in Tubbercurry, Co Sligo. It is planned to increase the number at the interim location to just over 100 from March 2008.