Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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Question 321: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of staff who have been moved to date to decentralised locations; the number who moved with their post; the number who have moved from other public service posts in Dublin; the number who have moved from other public service posts outside Dublin; and the number of new recruits. [28831/08]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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My Department has been making good progress in the relocation of the required 250 posts to Carlow under the Government's Decentralisation Programme. Officials of my Department, in consultation with the Department of Finance and the OPW, as well as decentralising staff and Business Units opened an advance office in Carlow on July 30th 2007.

There are currently 101 staff in the advance office in Carlow. Of these staff, 59 moved from Dublin posts and 38 moved from posts outside Dublin. Eight staff who have decentralised were recruited specifically for Carlow, and four of these were based in Dublin immediately prior to going to Carlow. Forty-one of the officers in place in Carlow were originally in my Department.

Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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Question 322: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of Civil Service staff to be decentralised in respect of staff employed in specialised technical posts and in respect of administration posts at executive officer or higher; the number who have moved to date; the number who have opted to move with their posts; and the position in this regard in each business unit being moved. [28837/08]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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My Department has been making good progress in the relocation of the required 250 posts to Carlow under the Government's Decentralisation Programme. Officials of my Department, in consultation with the Department of Finance and the OPW, as well as decentralising staff and Business Units, opened an advance office in Carlow on July 30th 2007. There are currently 101 staff in the advance office in Carlow.

There were three specialised technical posts due to be decentralised from my Department and two of these posts have decentralised already. There are 93 administration posts at Executive Officer or higher due to be decentralised from my Department, of which 46 posts have already been decentralised. Thirty-five officers at Executive Officer or higher who have decentralised to Carlow or will decentralise there in the future, were in my Department when they applied to decentralise.

Business units that have decentralised or are to decentralise have the following numbers of officers at Executive Officer or higher who were in my Department when they applied to decentralise:

National Employment Rights Authority: 24

Redundancy Payments: 1

Insolvency Payments: 1

Companies Registration Office & Registrar of Friendly Societies: 6