Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael)
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Question 149: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the progress to date in relation to decentralisation to Drogheda, County Louth; the impact the 2009 budget decisions have had on the proposed relocations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24297/09]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The Government outlined in Budget 2009 that the decentralisation programme to Drogheda would proceed as planned. The OPW has purchased sites in Drogheda to accommodate the Department's Headquarters and the Social Welfare Appeals Office.

It is intended that the accommodation will be procured by Public Private Partnership (PPP), the procurement process to be conducted by the National Development Finance Agency (NDFA). In that regard, the accommodation requirements are being assessed and the matter of bringing the project to the point of procurement is being progressed by the Office of Public Works in consultation with the Department.