Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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Question 372: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 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. [5629/10]

Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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The following tabular statement lists the accommodation leased by the Office of Public Works for this Department in Portlaoise. It also sets out the staff numbers in each office.

Insofar as the State bodies under the aegis of my Department are concerned the issues raised in the question are a matter for the bodies themselves as part of their day-to-day activities.