Noel Coonan (Tipperary North, Fine Gael)
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Question 118: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to decentralisation projects (details supplied) in County Tipperary; the stage at which these projects lie; when they will proceed to the next stage; the location of the proposed site; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36645/08]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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As the Deputy will be aware, the Government has reviewed the decentralisation programme and identified priority elements on which implementation should proceed at this time. I am pleased to report that both the Garda Central Vetting Unit and the Fixed Charge Processing Office have already relocated from Dublin to offices in Thurles with a total staffing complement of over one hundred and thirty. An advance move of twenty posts from the Equality Authority to Roscrea has been completed and work is nearing finalisation for the transfer of a further fifteen posts to the town.