Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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Question 323: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will state, in view of the decentralisation programme announced in December 2003, the properties rented or acquired as a consequence of that programme in respect of her 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 she will make a statement on the matter. [5641/10]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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Under the Decentralisation Programme, the Office of Public Works has acquired buildings in Sligo, Carrick-on-Shannon and Buncrana on behalf of the Department. In February 2007, 72 posts in the Department were transferred to Sligo to a purpose built office. In April 2007, 159 posts were transferred to Carrick on Shannon to a new leased building acquired by the OPW. In November, 2009, 87 posts were transferred to Buncrana to a new purpose built office.

The rental of the Carrick on Shannon office commenced on 18 July 2006 at an annual cost of €800,000 per annum.