Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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Question 236: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will make a statement on the number of posts that have been decentralised to date, and of those, the number that have been decentralised from Dublin, and their grades; the number that have opted to remain in Dublin, and their grades; the number of those that have moved to another Department or agency in Dublin; and the number that have been decentralised from outside Dublin to other locations and their grades. [40699/08]

Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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Since the programme began there has been an increase of 297 posts in Portlaoise; 220 of which were decentralised from Dublin. 84 posts have moved to Clonakilty; 33 of which were decentralised from Dublin. This is broken down by grade as follows.

Regarding those opting to remain in Dublin, the following is the number of staff who receive notifications for the 'Dublin arrangements' (the system for re-assigning staff within Dublin; the figures do not include Clerical or Staff Officers as they have not yet been included in the arrangements).

33 staff have been released to other Dublin based organisations through bilateral transfers and the 'Dublin arrangements' broken down by grade as follows.

32 staff have been decentralised from outside Dublin to other locations broken down by grade as follows.