Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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Question 20: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the various phases of the plans to reorganise his Department's offices around the country. [36223/09]

Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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On 15th July, the Government approved my plan for a reorganisation of my Department's Local Office Network. The plan involves reducing, from 57 to 16, the number of offices from which the Department will operate District Veterinary, Forestry and Agricultural Environment and Structures support services in the future. Improvements in business processes, information technology and communications will allow the Department to provide a quality service to our clients from the 16 enhanced offices set out in the plan. The first phase of the re-organisation will involve the enhancement of four regional offices, Drumshanbo, Navan, Enniscorthy and Waterford, and consequential office closures in Sligo, Longford, Drogheda, Carlow, Kilkenny, Dundalk, Wicklow and Dungarvan. The schedule and details for the subsequent phases have yet to be finalized.