Kieran O'Donnell (Limerick East, Fine Gael)
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Question 156: To ask the Minister for Transport the moneys under the decentralisation programme for the period from 3 July to date in 2008 that have been expended, properties purchased and employees decentralised specifying all relevant locations under each of these headings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32120/08]

Noel Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail)
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There have been no moneys expended, no properties purchased and no employees have decentralised. Under the decentralisation programme for the period from 3 July to date in 2008 in relation to my Department and its agencies.

Noel Coonan (Tipperary North, Fine Gael)
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Question 157: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to a decentralisation project (details supplied) in County Tipperary; the location of the proposed site, with a timeframe for the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31724/08]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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I can inform the Deputy that County Tipperary and, in particular Roscrea, are priority locations under my Department's decentralisation programme. Around four hundred posts are scheduled to move to the County and this represents over 40% of my Department's commitment to the decentralisation process nationwide. Around eighty posts from the Equality Authority and the Garda Ombudsman Commission are planned to move from Dublin to Roscrea and last year the Equality Authority opened an advance office in the town to accommodate twenty people.

My Department is working closely with the Office of Public Works to arrive at a property solution that will satisfy the needs of both agencies and the target date for completion of this project is 2010.