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.