Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide by Department/Agency basis the number of persons who are seeking transfers to other locations; the number of transfers that took place in 2012 on a county basis on the number of transfers that took place in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2752/13]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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The Human Resources Division of my Department manage a very substantial number of staff transfers across my Department and other Civil Service Departments and Offices each year. Such transfers arise for a variety of reasons one of which may be a request from a staff member to transfer to another area of my Department or to another Department/Office. There may be a range of different reasons for such a transfer request, one of which may be geographic location. Due to the large variation in the range and circumstances of staff transfers each year, it is not possible to readily isolate the numbers and breakdown sought by the Deputy in respect of transfers which have arisen as a result of requests from staff and attempting to retrieve this information would involve a disproportionate dedication of staff resources. I have, however, set out information on how staff of my Department can seek transfers which may be of assistance to the Deputy.

The main avenues that staff can follow if they are seeking a transfer are as follows:

- Staff can submit a formal request to Human Resources Division for a transfer within the Department;

- Staff can submit a formal request to Human Resources Division for a transfer to a specific location. Such requests are forwarded to all Civil Service Departments with offices in the location;

- Staff can respond to requests from Human Resources Division for expressions of interest for specific posts;

- Staff can seek to identify a head to head transfer with other staff of the same grade across the Civil Service.

In such cases both Departments must be satisfied as to the suitability of the transferees, with particular reference to their respective performance and attendance records.

I am sure that the Deputy will appreciate that, while account is taken of individual preferences, the priority will always be to maintain a balanced and appropriate level of staff resources in priority areas and to match people with the most relevant skills to the requirements of posts.

Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide by Department/Agency basis the number of persons who are seeking transfers to other locations; the number of transfers that took place in 2012 on a county basis on the number of transfers that took place in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2746/13]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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My Department currently has expressions of interest on file from 2 staff who are seeking transfers from the Department of Defence in Newbridge, Co. Kildare to a Dublin based Department. The following table sets out details of staff who requested and obtained transfers from the Department of Defence to other locations in 2012.