Lucinda Creighton (Dublin South East, Fine Gael)
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Question 187: To ask the Taoiseach the annual costs incurred by his Department in the implementation of the decentralisation scheme for each of the past four years, broken down between property and non-property costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35560/08]

Lucinda Creighton (Dublin South East, Fine Gael)
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Question 188: To ask the Taoiseach the progress made by his Department on implementing the decentralisation scheme, including the number of staff who have moved under the scheme and the property bought or rented outside Dublin under the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35575/08]

Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 187 and 188 together.

There are no proposals to decentralise my Department and accordingly the information sought regarding costs, does not apply. It is a matter for those Departments to which staff from my Department have decentralised to assign such staff to locations outside of Dublin.