Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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Question 244: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the expenditure by his Department on plans to move staff to a location (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36676/08]

Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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Since the original decentralisation announcement, my Department made no specific provision for expenditure nor has there been any specific expenditure recorded in relation to the proposed move.

The Office of Public Works deals with the acquisition of property for the decentralisation programme and they recently informed my Department that a site had been identified and that a price had been agreed in principle subject to contract, the outcome of a planning appeal and Government approval. The budget announcement subsequently deferred the move pending a review in 2011.