Written answers
Wednesday, 3 February 2010
Department of Finance
Decentralisation Programme
9:00 pm
Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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Question 204: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will state, in view of the decentralisation programme announced in December 2003, the properties rented or acquired as a consequence of the decentralisation programme in respect of his Department and of every State body for which it is responsible; the date of commencement of the rental or date of purchase of each property; the cost of each property purchased or the annual rental of each property rented; the number of staff transferred into each property as of 1 January of each year from the commencement of the rental or the date of the acquisition of each property in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5637/10]
Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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The numbers serving in my Department in Tullamore as of 1 January of each year is as follows:
| Location | Serving on 01/01/2007 | Serving on 01/01/2008 | Serving on 01/01/2009 | Serving on 01/01/2010 |
| Tullamore | 110 | 124 | 125 | 117 |
I am advised by the Revenue Commissioners that the numbers serving in their decentralised locations under the programme are as follows:
| Location | Serving on 01/01/2008 | Serving on 01/01/2009 | Serving on 01/01/2010 |
| Kilrush | 57 | 57 | 57 |
| Listowel | 52 | 52 | 52 |
| Athy | 48 | 74 | 73 |
| Navan | — | 100 | 100 |
| Newcastle West | 51 | 50 | 52 |
I am informed by the Office of Public Works (OPW) that the numbers serving in their decentralised locations under the programme are as follows:
| Location | Serving on 01/01/2008 | Serving on 01/01/2009 | Serving on 01/01/2010 |
| Claremorris | 29 | 31 | 29 |
| Trim | — | — | 220 |
I am further informed by the OPW that the following table contains the property costs for my Department and the bodies under the aegis of my Department to date associated with the decentralisation programme.
| Location | Occupier | Date of Purchase | Date of Lease Agreement | Date of Rent Commencement | Site Acquisition Cost | Annual Rental Cost |
| € | € | |||||
| Tullamore | Department of Finance | 18/07/2006 | 7,400,000 | |||
| Kilrush | Revenue Commissioners | 05/04/2007 | 05/10/2008 | 85,050 | ||
| Listowel | Revenue Commissioners | 01/08/2007 | 244,924 | |||
| Athy | Revenue Commissioners | 01/11/2007 | 01/11/2007 | 231,554 | ||
| Navan | Revenue Commissioners | 25/12/2007 | 25/01/2008 | 575,360 | ||
| Newcastle West | Revenue Commissioners | 15/07/2005 | 325,000 | |||
| Claremorris Temporary Accommodation | Office of Public Works | 01/01/2007 | 01/01/2007 | 68,712 | ||
| *Scurlockstown Temporary Accommodation | Office of Public Works | 12/03/2007 | 12/03/2007 | 67,752 | ||
| Claremorris | Office of Public Works | 21/01/2007 | 2,500,000 | |||
| Trim | Office of Public Works | 12/01/2006 | 3,500,000 | |||
| *Please note that the Scurlockstown office was occupied temporarily by 35 OPW staff up to October 2009 in advance of the OPW decentralisation to the new Trim HQ building in October 2009. This property is presently occupied by the Department of Social and Family Affairs. |
The decentralisation programme provided for 100 posts of the Public Appointments Service and 100 posts of the Valuation Office to decentralise to Youghal, Co Cork. The Government decided that expenditure on the acquisition of accommodation for decentralisation would be paused. No properties have been rented or purchased in Youghal and no staff from either body have relocated to Youghal as a consequence of this decision.
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