Table 1 shows the existing staff of my Department's decentralised HQ offices in Johnstown Castle, Castlebar, Cavan and Portlaoise. The table also shows the years when the original decentralisation to these locations took place. Table 2 shows the previous career history of the staff involved in the most recent decentralisation to Johnstown Castle, other than forest service staff, along the lines requested by the Deputy. No specific promotion competition was held for this decentralisation. Similar data is not readily available for the earlier decentralisation.
TABLE 1
Staff currently in decentralised HQ Offices
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Location
|
Number of Staff
|
Date of Decentralisation
|
Castlebar
|
100
|
1976
|
Cavan
|
162
|
1989
|
Port Laoise
|
156
|
1993
|
Johnstown Castle
|
300
|
1998
|
TABLE 2
Analysis of staff involved in Decentralisation to Johnstown Castle in 1998
|
Relocated
|
Transferred in
|
Recruited
|
17.41%
|
40.61%
|
41.98%
|