Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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Question 826: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to the decentralisation programme to Roscrea in respect of the agencies and so on to be decentralised to the town; the number of staff involved; the number of locations; the position in relation to the acquisition of office accommodation; when this will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11585/08]

Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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As the Deputy will be aware, the Equality Authority and the Garda Ombudsman Commission are relocating offices to Roscrea as part of my Department's Decentralisation Programme. Under an advance phase, the Equality Authority relocated twenty posts to temporary accommodation in Roscrea in April 2007. In total, around eighty posts will transfer to the town by the target date of mid-2009. I understand that the Office of Public Works is finalising a permanent accommodation solution which will satisfy the requirements of both agencies.