Dáil Éireann debate -
Wednesday, 2 Oct 1996

Vol. 469 No. 3

Written Answers. - Departmental Decentralisation.

Mary Wallace

Question:

100 Miss M. Wallace asked the Minister for the Environment 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. [17448/96]

Minister for the Environment (Mr. Howlin)

Posts have been decentralised as follows:

Year	Number	Location
1983	72	Shannon, County Clare
1989	122	Ballina, County Mayo

The services provided by approximately 100 professional/technical staff, who operate in various areas around the country, are also managed from Ballina.

In addition to the foregoing, the headquarters of the Environmental Protection Agency has been established in Wexford where 65 staff of the agency are already based; additional staff will be based at Wexford as the phased build-up of staffing continues.