Dáil Éireann debate -
Thursday, 13 Dec 2001

Vol. 546 No. 5

Written Answers. - Departmental Staff.

Denis Naughten

Question:

69 Mr. Naughten asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of civil servants in her Department on transfer lists to sections of her Department out of Dublin; the locations and numbers involved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32306/01]

Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Ms Harney)

Since the beginning of January 2001 to date, my Department has received a total of 46 applications for transfers to Departments located outside of Dublin. The majority of applicants have submitted requests for more than one location.

The following table shows the number of applicants from my Department who wish to transfer to our two offices outside Dublin:

Location	CO	SO	EO	HEO
Cork	1	–	–	–
Kilkenny	5	–	–	1

The following table gives the number of staff from other Government Departments who wish to transfer to my Department's provincial offices:

Location	CO	SO	EO	HEO
Cork	15	2	–	–
Kilkenny	56	3	–	–

The following table shows the number of staff in my Department who wish to transfer to other Government Departments for assignment to provincial locations:

Location	Numbers
Athlone	6
Ballinasloe	1
Backweston	3
Buncrana	1
Carlow	2
Carrick on Shannon	1
Cavan	2
Celbridge	3
Cork	2
Donegal	2
Dundalk	3
Dungarvan	1
Dungloe	1
Galway	6
Kildare	3
Kilkenny	5
Killarney	2
Laois	8
Leixlip	3
Letterkenny	3
Limerick	2
Listowel	1
Longford	3
Mayo	3
Monaghan	2
Mullingar	2
Naas	1
Nenagh	2
Newbridge	1
Roscommon	4
Roscrea	1
Sligo	8
Templemore	2
Thurles	3
Tralee	1
Tullamore	8
Waterford	3
Wexford	3

A new central transfer scheme came into effect on 1 October 2001. This reduced to one year the length of time a person must stay with their current Department before transferring to a provincial location, and all applicants were requested to renew their applications for transfer if they wished to remain on the central transfer scheme.

The deadline for these applications is Friday, 14 December 2001. The transfer lists are being updated at present. It is expected that this updating process will be completed in mid-January 2002.