Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 430: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of applications from staff for transfer, relocation or exchange received in her Department and or by other bodies or agencies under her aegis and funded by her Department in each of the past three years and to date in 2010; the number of approvals; the number of rejections; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30769/10]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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I can inform the Deputy that following the announcement of the programme of Decentralisation, in the main, applications for transfer are made by way of the Central Applications Facility (CAF) which is managed by the Public Appointments Service (PAS). My Department has requested this information from the PAS and will provide it to the Deputy as soon as it becomes available.

The number of transfers facilitated in respect of my Department's staff are as follows: 2008 – 107 * 2009 - 15 2010 - 28 * Primarily due to decentralisation of staff to the Department's office in Athlone.

The number of transfer offers made to staff of my Department and where my Department refused to release the officer are as follows: 2008 - Nil 2009 - Nil 2010 – 5 ** ** Due to the moratorium on staff recruitment and the number of applications under the Incentivised Career Break and Early Retirement Schemes, my Department now considers each request for transfer taking account of the business requirements of the Department.

The information sought by the Deputy in respect of each of the bodies/ agencies under our aegis is not readily available but will be provided to the Deputy in due course.