Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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Question 392: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of civil servants and other public servants, who have relocated to locations outside of Dublin under the Government's decentralisation programme; the estimated number of each category who will have relocated by the end of 2009; the breakdown of each set of figures in terms of those who are relocating from Dublin and relocating from elsewhere; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46997/08]

Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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Under the decentralisation programme, my Department's headquarters will be decentralising to Charlestown, County Mayo. To date, 100 civil servants have moved to interim accommodation in Tubbercurry, County Sligo, 51 of whom relocated from Dublin. It is not planned to move any further staff to this location until a permanent headquarters is in place in Charlestown in mid-2011. The decentralisation of ten civil servants from my Department to Na Forbacha, County Galway, is now complete, with five of the staff concerned having relocated from Dublin. In relation to Foras na Gaeilge, none of the public servants employed in that organisation has relocated to Gaoth Dobhair, County Donegal, as yet. The matter is being pursued in a North-South context. It is anticipated that five staff will relocate in 2009. For the sake of completeness, I should add that 25 of the staff of Pobal, a private company with charitable status, have relocated to Clifden, County Galway. All except one were recruited locally. I understand that it is not planned to move any further staff to this location in 2009.