Olwyn Enright (Laois-Offaly, Fine Gael)
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Question 321: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if she will provide in tabular form, details regarding the numbers of civil servants awaiting transfer to locations within the Laois-Offaly area, including Nenagh, Athlone and Mullingar; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16490/08]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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The information requested by the Deputy is set out under the following three headings.

1. Clerical Officer and Staff Officer Central Transfer List

These numbers are likely to contain multiple applications from individuals to the different locations. Applications are from across the Civil Service and would also include a number of older applications that would not be removed from the list until the applicant's position is reached and checked (i.e. a proportion of the applications for Tullamore would have been satisfied by the recent decentralisation of the Department of Finance).

2. Central Applications Facility (CAF)

In the case of Portlaoise, the CAF is taking the place of the Central Transfer list. There are currently 125 CAF applications and a further 80 civil servants assigned internally for Portlaoise under the decentralisation Programme.

3. Professional and Technical Internal Transfer List

The Department also has an internal transfer list for Professional and Technical staff. Again multiple applications to the different locations are possible.