Dáil Éireann debate -
Wednesday, 2 Oct 1996

Vol. 469 No. 3

Written Answers. - Departmental Decentralisation.

Mary Wallace

Question:

2 Miss M. Wallace asked the Taoiseach the number of jobs from his Department which were decentralised in each of the past 15 years on a county basis; and the location to which the jobs were transferred on a county basis. [17445/96]

The Taoiseach

In January 1994 378 posts in the Central Statistics Office, which operates under the aegis of my Department, were transferred from Dublin to Cork city in accordance with the decentralisation programme.