Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 18 November 2004
165 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of staff members of the Equality Authority who wish to relocate to Roscrea in County Tipperary; the number of staff members of the Equality Tribunal who wish to relocate to Portarlington in County Laois; and the number of staff employed by each of these bodies. [29589/04]
View answerAs part of the Government's decentralisation programme, the Equality Authority with 54 staff will decentralise to Roscrea and the equality tribunal with 29.5 staff will decentralise to Portarlington. Based on the decentralisation central applications facility, CAF, data of 7 September 2004, which indicates the applicants first preference in respect of posts below the level of chief executive officer, none of the existing employees of the Equality Authority had applied to decentralise to Roscrea at that stage. However, 36 other civil servants and five public servants have nominated the Equality Authority as their first preference for decentralisation. In the case of the equality tribunal, one existing employee along with 18 other civil servants and three public servants have nominated the equality tribunal as their first preference for decentralisation. As the Deputy is aware, the CAF remains open for the receipt of applications until such time as the decentralisation programme has been implemented in full.
