Olwyn Enright (Laois-Offaly, Fine Gael)
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Question 213: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of civil servants awaiting transfer to locations within the Laois/Offaly area, including Roscrea; if these transfers are affected by the moratorium on recruitment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27078/09]

Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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I am aware of one civil servant at Clerical Officer level in my Department who is awaiting transfer to a location within the Laois/Offaly area. The timing of this transfer is not related to the moratorium on recruitment. The decentralisation to Limerick of the Development Cooperation Division of the Department of Foreign Affairs, which is the Headquarters of Irish Aid, was completed in November 2008. My Department is provided with details of officers who have applied for transfers through the Central Applications Facility (CAF) and who have expressed a preference to work in Limerick. It is possible that other officers in my Department may have submitted applications for transfer to locations other than Limerick. However, there is no obligation on such officers to inform the Department that they have applied for a transfer to another location through the CAF.