Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael)
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Question 49: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if the Office of Public Works is seeking accommodation or development land at or near Drogheda for proposed decentralisation offices for REACH, Department of the Marine and local Government Computer Services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12595/08]

Noel Ahern (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail)
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Under the Government's Decentralisation Programme it has been decided to relocate approximately 700 Civil Service posts to Drogheda, County Louth.

In the first instance, the programme involves the provision of a new Headquarters for the Department of Social and Family Affairs in the town. To this end the Office of Public Works has already acquired a number of sites in the centre of the town and the procurement of the required accommodation is now being addressed by way of a Public Private Partnership.

The Office of Public Works is currently assessing a number of options in light of the requirements of REACH, the Department of the Marine and the Local Government Computer Services Board.