Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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Question 193: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of persons who have been moved by his Department and its agencies to date; the percentage this represents of the original target; and if he will provide in tabular form for each of the locations, the staff who have been moved, the staff who have been assigned but not moved and the number of the staff originally designated for a move, who have opted to stay in Dublin, who have been assigned new duties. [26467/08]

Willie O'Dea (Limerick East, Fianna Fail)
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The Deputy will be aware that the Government decision on decentralisation provides for the transfer of my Department's Dublin-based civil service staff, together with a number of military personnel, to Newbridge, Co. Kildare and the transfer of Defence Force Headquarters (DFHQ) to the Curragh.

Approximately 83% of clerical/administrative staff are now in place in preparation for the move to Newbridge. This has largely been achieved through a combination of staff volunteering to decentralise to Newbridge and agreed, bilateral transfers of staff with other government departments and offices.

The total number of personnel to be decentralised to Newbridge will be 244 (including 43 military). Approximately 410 military personnel will be decentralising to the Curragh.

No staff have been moved to date, pending availability of accommodation at Newbridge and the Curragh. I am advised by the OPW that the building in Newbridge is now under construction and will be completed by December 2009. Tenders will shortly be sought for the construction of accommodation in the Curragh — the current estimate is that it will be ready for occupation by the end of 2010.