Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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262. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade 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. [31779/17]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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My Department facilitates a range of formal and informal mobility options for staff. These include head-to-head arrangements and the Senior Public Service Mobility Scheme (including Principal Officer mobility). Staff can also take part in the Civil Service Wide Mobility Scheme.

There are no current internal transfer requests for officers from my Department to transfer from our offices in Cork or Limerick to our offices in Dublin. Nor are there any current internal transfer requests for officers from my Department to transfer from our offices in Dublin to our offices in Cork or Limerick.

It is not possible to be wholly accurate with regard to the total number of staff that apply for transfer to another Government Department as my Department may not be aware of the application unless or until it is successful.