Written answers

Tuesday, 13 May 2008

Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism

Decentralisation Programme

9:00 pm

Photo of Bernard DurkanBernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 299: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the extent to which his Department have achieved targets set in respect of decentralisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17992/08]

Photo of Martin CullenMartin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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Following the announcement of the Government's decentralisation programme in the 2004 budget, the Department, which has a staff of 130, excluding the National Archives which is part of the Department, was designated an "early mover" by the Decentralisation Implementation Group (DIG). The original date set by the DIG for the decentralisation of the Department to Killarney was the 2nd quarter of 2007. As there was some delay in securing a suitable site for the new offices of the Department, it was decided to send an advance group of staff to temporary offices in Fossa, Killarney, Co Kerry.

To date, 70 staff have relocated to temporary accommodation in two tranches, 45 staff in September 2006 and 25 staff in July 2007. It is expected that a further 14 staff currently in the Department's Dublin Offices will transfer to Killarney towards the end of this year. The objective is to complete the decentralisation process early in 2009 by which time the Department will be operating from the Department's new purpose built offices in Killarney.

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