Dáil Éireann debate -
Wednesday, 2 Oct 1996

Vol. 469 No. 3

Written Answers. - Departmental Decentralisation.

Mary Wallace

Question:

215 Miss M. Wallace asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry 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. [17454/96]

Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry (Mr. Yates)

It is not possible to obtain figures on the number of jobs in my Department which have been decentralised in each of the past 15 years. However, of the total staffing complement of 4,041, 2,803 are head-quartered outside Dublin as set out in the following table.

County	Number of Staff
Carlow	49
Cavan	222
Clare	89
Cork	332
Donegal	125
Galway	166
Kerry	117
Kildare	88
Kilkenny	90
Laois	165
Leitrim	36
Limerick	126
Longford	54
Louth	41
Mayo	228
Meath	82
Monaghan	87
Offaly	57
Roscommon	121
Sligo	103
Tipperary	159
Waterford	90
Westmeath	74
Wexford	88
Wicklow	14
Total	2,803

A sizeable majority of these staff would have been assigned to these regional locations at some time within the past 15 years. Of the areas cited, Counties Mayo, Cavan and Laois have participated in previous decentralisation programmes and the initial numbers of staff assigned to the decentralised buildings at these locations are set out in the following table.

Location	Date	Number Decentralised
Castlebar	1976	70
Cavan	1989-90	119
Portlaoise	1996	162