Decentralisation Programme.

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 20 March 2007

Tuesday, 20 March 2007

Questions (836)

Róisín Shortall

Question:

906 Ms Shortall asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of civil servants in her Department who have transferred to offices outside Dublin under the decentralisation programme to date; the percentage of these who had a previous transfer within a two year period of the decentralisation transfer; the number of these people who transferred from a non-Dublin office to a Dublin office in the initial transfer; the average time spent in the Dublin office; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10528/07]

Written answers

Minister for Education and Science (Ms Hanafin)

Twenty seven (27) officers from my Department have transferred under the programme of decentralisation either directly to their location of choice or they relocated there within a very short period of their initial transfer. This information is available as it was known to my Department when these transfers were arranged. There are no records in my Department regarding the current location/assignment of a further 14 officers who transferred from its Dublin offices to other organisations in Dublin to await relocation to their location of choice, as records are not maintained on officers in my Department when those officers transfer elsewhere.

Five percent (5%) of the 41 officers who have transferred to relocate have had a previous transfer within a two year period of the decentralisation transfer. No officer from my Department has transferred from an office outside of Dublin to a Dublin office to await relocation elsewhere.

Question No. 907 answered with QuestionNo. 821.