Billy Timmins (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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Question 252: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the grades and number of staff currently in Irish Aid in Limerick; the number of those who moved from Irish Aid in Dublin; if they came from outside of Irish Aid, the areas they came from; the number of personnel and their grades who currently remain in Irish Aid in Dublin; when Limerick will have its full compliment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47597/08]

Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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Under the Government's decentralisation programme announced in 2003 the Development Co-operation Division of the Department of Foreign Affairs has decentralised to Limerick. The Division is the Headquarters of Irish Aid.

124 staff have moved into the new Headquarters building in Limerick. A breakdown of grades is provided in the table. Of those in Limerick, 78 were in Irish Aid in Dublin immediately before transferring to Limerick, 12 were in other Divisions of the Department of Foreign Affairs, 12 were recruited for direct assignment to Limerick and 22 joined Irish Aid in Limerick from provincial locations. At this stage a total of 21 staff remain in Irish Aid in Dublin. A number of additional staff assignments to Limerick will take place in the New Year.