Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 7 July 2004
160 Mr. Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of posts decentralised in respect of previous decentralisation in whole or part of her Department or any agency under the aegis of her Department; the percentage of staff who were transferred on promotion; the percentage of staff who transferred at their current grade; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20757/04]
View answerThe Patents Office, which is an office of my Department, relocated to Kilkenny on the 1 September 1998. This involved the relocation of 68 posts in total. Of the staff who transferred to Kilkenny in September 1998, four staff transferred on promotion and four specialist staff were recruited directly to the patents office, Kilkenny at that time. The remainder of staff transferred in their existing grades at that time. No agency under the aegis of my Department has decentralised previously.
