Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 370: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of applications from staff for transfer, relocation or exchange received in his Department and/or other bodies or agencies under his aegis funded by his Department in each of the past three years to date in 2010; the number of approvals; the number of rejections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30771/10]

John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)
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The information requested is not maintained in my Department in a readily accessible format. Under the Government's decentralisation programme, the official opening of my Department's new offices in Wexford took place on 18 June 2010. There are currently over 180 staff working in this location. Preparation for decentralisation resulted in approximately 1,400 staff movements into and out of the Department as well as significant moves within the Department. Day to day operational matters, including the number of applications from staff for transfer, relocation or exchange received in the agencies under the aegis of my Department, are a matter for the agency or body concerned and the Department does not routinely collect such information.