Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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493. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of civil servants in his Department who have requested a transfer to a location outside County Dublin; the number of civil servants in his Department who have requested a transfer from a location outside of Dublin into County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31772/17]

Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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Due to the diverse range of staff employed by my Department, a number of different transfer arrangements/agreements are in place for these various grade streams. Given the variety of these arrangements there is no single list of staff requesting transfer to any location.

As you will be aware, Action 15 of the Civil Service Renewal Plan has a commitment to develop a mobility scheme within the Civil Service. Work on this scheme is ongoing with the Civil Service Management Board, Departments and staff interests. The scheme will be centralised and the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform will have the facility to report on numbers on lists per department and location following its successful launch.