Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 29 June 2004
408 Mr. R. Bruton asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the risk analysis and the cost benefit analysis which he has carried out or proposes to carry out in respect of decentralisation as it affects his Department. [19092/04]
View answerAs stated in my reply to Questions Nos. 277 and 280 of 2 June 2004, my Department has carried out an initial examination of corporate risks of decentralisation, having regard to the risk categories identified at paragraph 6.31 in the Mullarkey report. A more detailed risk assessment is currently under way within divisions in my Department. It is not proposed to carry out a cost benefit analysis in my Department.
409 Mr. R. Bruton asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs 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. [19107/04]
View answer410 Mr. R. Bruton asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs 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 which were required to obtain the requisite number of persons decentralising; the amount of time necessary to train decentralising persons and the percentage and duration of overlapping staff which was required; and the additional costs for overtime and travel and subsistence incurred. [19122/04]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 409 and 410 together.
I refer the Deputy to my reply to Question No. 513 of 24 February 2004. In 1980 the Gaeltacht division of my Department was decentralised to Na Forbacha, County Galway, where the number of staff now employed is 46. My Department in its present format was established in June 2002. The detailed records sought by the Deputy are not readily available, given the passage of time and the various changes of departmental functions since 1980.
