Kieran O'Donnell (Limerick East, Fine Gael)
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Question 211: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of new persons transferred from Dublin under the decentralisation programme since 1 January 2008; and the number of persons transferred under this programme as at the current date. [16127/08]

Willie O'Dea (Limerick East, Fianna Fail)
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The Government decision on decentralisation provides for the transfer of all of my Department's Dublin based Civil Service staff to Newbridge, Co. Kildare. The number of staff to be relocated to Newbridge is about 200. A total of 338 personnel have applied to decentralise to Newbridge. The vast majority of these are Dublin based applicants. None of the 152 Newbridge bound staff currently serving in my Department have transferred to that location, as the construction of the Department's new headquarters in Newbridge is not expected to be completed until the second half of 2009.