Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 8 February 2005
321 Mr. Timmins asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of personnel who on applying for promotion in his Department since January 2004, have been required to sign an agreement that they are willing to decentralise; how many of them refused to sign the agreement; if this impacted on their promotion or otherwise; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4069/05]
View answerUnder the Government's decentralisation programme, the development co-operation directorate of the Department of Foreign Affairs is scheduled to decentralise to Limerick. This will involve the relocation to Limerick of some 130 posts, most likely during the first quarter of 2007. A decentralisation committee within the Department is planning all aspects of the move in close consultation with the Department of Finance. To date, the Department has not made any offer of promotion contingent on the officer taking a post being decentralised.
