Kieran O'Donnell (Limerick East, Fine Gael)
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Question 147: To ask the Minister for Transport 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. [16136/08]

Noel Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail)
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No new persons have been transferred from Dublin under the decentralisation programme since 1st January, 2008. 47 staff from my Department have transferred to posts which were due to move out of Dublin under the Government's decentralisation programme. Of these 47 staff, 6 have relocated to their decentralised location in Loughrea as either Department of Transport or Road Safety Authority staff.

Kieran O'Donnell (Limerick East, Fine Gael)
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Question 148: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs 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. [16131/08]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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Under the Government's decentralisation programme, the Development Cooperation Directorate of the Department of Foreign Affairs, which is Irish Aid's Headquarters, will decentralise to Limerick. Good progress has been made and personnel have either been assigned to, or identified for, 107 posts or approximately 86% of the 124 posts scheduled to be decentralised. An advance party has already decentralised to interim office premises in Limerick, with 57 officers currently in place, the majority since May 2007. Two officers have decentralised from Dublin to Limerick in 2008. It is expected that the remaining staff of Irish Aid will transfer to Limerick in the autumn, on completion and fit-out of the permanent accommodation.