Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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Question 101: To ask the Minister for Transport 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. [26476/08]

Noel Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail)
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Work was completed in respect of the decentralisation of 50 Departmental and Road Safety Authority (RSA) staff in July 2007. The decentralisation of 10 posts from the Department's Road Haulage functions and 40 RSA posts to Loughrea was among the priority moves in the programme. This represents 10% of the original target of 497 posts.

In relation to Drogheda, The original proposal to move 37 posts to that location was recently reviewed in the context of an efficiency review by my Department. I considered that decentralising a combination of safety investigation functions, the Railway Safety Commission (which was to relocated originally to Ballinasloe), and other areas to bring the numbers up to the total requirement of 37 for Drogheda offers greater potential for operational efficiency as well as value for money.

The Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) has recruited 36 staff for Shannon and are now located there, representing a further 7% of the original overall target. The decentralisation of 110 posts in the National Roads Authority (NRA) to Ballinasloe and 200 posts from the CIE group to Mitchelstown is also being progressed.

The breakdown in relation to the locations involved is as follows: