Denis Naughten (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Fine Gael)
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Question 215: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the timetable for the completion of the Property Registration Authority offices in Roscommon Town; the number of whole time personnel to be based in Roscommon; the number currently located in Roscommon; the breakdown between decentralised posts and posts transferred from other local offices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39583/09]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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The Office of Public Works (OPW), which has responsibility for providing the accommodation in Roscommon, has informed the Property Registration Authority (PRA) that the building contractors took possession of the site in September 2009 and that work on the new building has commenced. The OPW has further advised that the building is due to be completed in the last quarter of 2010.

Under the Government's decentralisation programme the total number of posts envisaged for the Roscommon office of the PRA is 230. On 31 October 2009, 73 staff were employed by the PRA in its temporary accommodation in Roscommon Town. This number comprises 20 staff who decentralised from Dublin offices, 18 staff who previously worked in the Department of Agriculture in Roscommon Town, and 35 staff recruited specifically for the Roscommon office.