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Decentralisation Programme.

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 29 June 2004

Tuesday, 29 June 2004

Questions (187, 188, 189)

Richard Bruton

Question:

185 Mr. R. Bruton asked the Minister for Education and Science the risk analysis and the cost-benefit analysis that was carried out or proposed to be carried out in respect of decentralisation as it affects his Department. [19085/04]

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The first report of the decentralisation implementation group recommended that each decentralising Department or agency should prepare an implementation plan and identify the risks associated with decentralisation and the means of mitigating them. My Department's implementation plan includes a risk analysis and suggested mitigation measures.

The Deputy will be aware from the group's first report that Office of Public Works is due to prepare a public sector benchmark for value for money purposes. A more detailed analysis will be undertaken when the information is available.

Richard Bruton

Question:

186 Mr. R. Bruton asked the Minister for Education and Science the average annual increase in salary costs, overtime and travel to, from and in the decentralised offices in the three years following decentralisation compared to these costs for those business units in the three years preceding decentralisation, in respect of the last decentralisation by his Department. [19100/04]

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The last decentralisation arrangement involving my Department took place in 1995. The information requested is no longer available. Such details are not normally retained for longer than seven years.

Richard Bruton

Question:

187 Mr. R. Bruton asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of persons decentralised and the full duration of the project, in respect of the last decentralisation by his Department; the number of internal and external transfers that were required to obtain the requisite number of persons for decentralising; the amount of time necessary to train decentralising persons and the percentage and duration of overlapping staff that was required; and the additional costs for overtime and travel and subsistence incurred. [19115/04]

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My Department last decentralised to Tullamore in 1995 and there are 187 posts at that location at present. Some of the staff moved from my Department's Dublin offices of my or from other Departments. Some were promoted and some were recruited for Tullamore. My Department does not keep personnel statistics in a format that would indicate the number of staff in each of these categories.

Training periods would have varied considerably depending on the degree of knowledge of the specific area of work and the previous experience of the staff members being trained. Some of the training took place prior to a transfer and some afterwards. I do not have detailed statistics on the duration of the training, the periods of overlap required or the costs involved.

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