Charles Flanagan (Laois-Offaly, Fine Gael)
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Question 188: To ask the Minister for Finance the arrangements currently in place and the arrangements proposed to secure permanent office accommodation at Portlarlington, County Laois, having regard to the fact that civil servants currently attached to the Equality Tribunal who wish to decentralise to Portarlington have discovered that there is no office space available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19812/08]

Martin Mansergh (Tipperary South, Fianna Fail)
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The Commissioners of Public Works are in negotiations to lease a permanent premises in Portarlington to accommodate the four Bodies decentralising to the town, the Equality Tribunal, the Data Protection Commissioner, the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NCCA), and the National Educational Welfare Board. Initiation of the construction of the new offices, by the Landowner, is dependant on the successful outcome of the negotiations. The Data Protection Commissioner (22 Staff) is currently accommodated in temporary premises in Portarlington. Additional temporary premises are currently being fitted out for advance parties of staff from the NCCA and the Equality Tribunal in Portlaoise. Twenty-five staff in all will be accommodated on a temporary basis from circa 1 September 2008.