Lucinda Creighton (Dublin South East, Fine Gael)
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Question 295: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if senior officials of his Department, including the Secretary General, will be located in a decentralised office or in Dublin. [9798/09]

Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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When the decentralisation of the Department to Killarney is completed the Secretary General and Assistant Secretaries will still be required to spend a significant amount of time in Dublin, particularly when the Dáil is in session. They will also be spending time in the Department's headquarters in Killarney.

The division of time between the two locations will be arranged in a manner that is consistent with the need to continue to provide an efficient and effective service to the Department's stakeholders including meeting the needs of the Minister, the Minister of State and the Oireachtas.