Lucinda Creighton (Dublin South East, Fine Gael)
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Question 265: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the annual costs incurred by her 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 she will make a statement on the matter. [35557/08]

Lucinda Creighton (Dublin South East, Fine Gael)
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Question 266: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made by her 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 she will make a statement on the matter. [35572/08]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 265 and 266 together.

As the Deputy will be aware my Department is not one of the Departments scheduled for decentralisation under the Government's Decentralisation Programme. To date fifty-five civil servants have transferred to decentralising Departments from my Department. Further details in respect of the transfer of these officers are available from the decentralising Departments.