Dáil Éireann debate -
Tuesday, 11 Mar 2003

Vol. 563 No. 1

Written Answers - Civil Service Staff.

Denis Naughten

Question:

573 Mr. Naughten asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of civil servants who are on transfer lists to other sections of her Department outside Dublin; the locations and numbers involved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7385/03]

Minister for Social and Family Affairs (Mary Coughlan)

There are formal transfer arrangements in place, agreed between the Department of Finance and the staff unions, in respect of civil servants in both the clerical officer and staff officer grades who wish to move from Dublin to provincial locations. The transfer arrangements provide that clerical vacancies in the larger provincial offices are filled by direct recruitment and by transfer on a 50:50 basis annualised. For all other provincial locations, vacancies are filled from the transfer list. Details of the numbers of clerical officers currently on my Department's central transfer list for all locations outside of Dublin are furnished below.

The agreed arrangements also provide that, at staff officer level, one in five vacancies which arise in certain provincial locations may be filled by transfer. Details of the number of staff officers currently on the transfer list, for those locations for which formal central transfer lists apply are outlined below. There are no formal transfer arrangements in place for other general service grades.

Location	Number of Clerical Officers on the central transfer list
Achill	70
Arklow	34
Athlone	183
Ballina	152
Ballinasloe	132
Bantry	54
Belmullet	74
Buncrana	57
Cahirciveen	20
Carlow	93
Carrick-on-Shannon	130
Castlebar	181
Cavan	65
Clifden	99
Clonmel	66
Cobh	46
Cork	45
Donegal Town	78
Drogheda	7
Dundalk	52
Dunfanaghy	55
Dungloe	65
Ennis	135
Enniscorthy	53
Galway	182
Kenmare	22

Location	Number of Clerical Officers on the central transfer list
Kilkenny	140
Killarney	41
Letterkenny	113
Limerick	49
Listowel	43
Longford	162
Mallow	73
Manorhamilton	51
Monaghan	39
Mullingar	113
Navan	94
Nenagh	115
Newbridge	100
Newcastlewest	77
Portlaoise	174
Sligo	198

Location	Number of Clerical Officers on the central transfer list
Thurles	114
Tralee	74
Tullamore	183
Waterford	37
Westport	80
Wexford	50
Cork	14
Dundalk	3
Letterkenny	5
Longford	12
Sligo	16
Waterford	6

There are 48 locations outside Dublin.

Question No. 574 answered with Question No. 564.