It is proposed to take Questions Nos. 167, 168 and 169 together.
My Department's operations have recently been restructured on the basis of eight regions with centres at Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Waterford, Dundalk, Sligo, Galway and Longford with the largest region, Dublin, being divided into three sub-regions. The purpose of the restructuring is to bring improved and speedier services closer to my Department's clients, to put in place management structures with a strong local identity and to enhance control mechanisms with a view to eliminating abuses of the system.