Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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Question 519: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of civil servants and other public servants in his Department who had been decentralised from Dublin to other locations by the original deadline for the completion of the plan of December 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33052/08]

Eamon Ryan (Dublin South, Green Party)
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The Headquarters of my Department is scheduled to relocate in its entirety to Cavan town under the Government's decentralisation programme. This will involve the relocation of approximately 300 Civil Service posts. The Decentralisation Implementation Group did not include my Department among the organisations approved for early mover status. The group set a target of the end of 2009 for the full decentralisation of my Department to Cavan. This date has since been extended to the end of 2010. A total of 56 staff members from my Department have relocated to interim accommodation in Cavan town to date.