Dinny McGinley
Question:280 Mr. McGinley asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the progress which has been made regarding decentralisation to County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27498/05]
View answerTuesday, 11 October 2005
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Under the Government decentralisation programme announced as part of the budget for 2004, my Department is to relocate 230 posts to Donegal and 120 posts to Buncrana. The decentralisation implementation group, DIG, report to the Minister for Finance on 19 November 2004 recommended those locations and organisations to be included in the first phase of moves, and to be regarded as potential early movers. In the case of my Department, Sligo and Drogheda were included in the first phase and Carrick-on-Shannon was recommended as a location to be considered as an early mover. The DIG progress report to the Minister for Finance on 30 June 2005 outlined the indicative construction start and completion dates for all locations and organisations not included in the first phase of the programme. According to the report, the indicative construction start date for Donegal is the end of 2007 and the construction completion date is mid-2009. The corresponding dates for Buncrana are the end of 2007 and early 2009.