Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 19 December 2007
405 Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number to date of civil servants and employees of State bodies transferred from Dublin to decentralised locations; the number transferred from outside of Dublin to other decentralised locations; and the number transferred in post to decentralising Departments in Dublin pending planned decentralisation to locations outside of Dublin. [36027/07]
View answerUnder the decentralisation programme, all Dublin based operations of my Department are being decentralised, with the exception of Met Éireann, ENFO, the Private Rented Tenancies Board and a small co-ordination section which it is proposed to retain in Dublin to assist with the Department's Dáil and other business. A total of 682 Dublin based posts will be transferred to four locations in the South East: Wexford (270 posts); Waterford (225 posts); New Ross (125 posts) and Kilkenny (62 posts).
As outlined in the updated Progress Report from the Decentralisation Implementation Group published on 8 October, 2007, the indicative timescales for the completion of the Department's offices in Wexford, Kilkenny, New Ross and Waterford are Quarter 3 2008, Quarter 4 2009, Quarter 2 2010 and Quarter 3 2010 respectively. My Department established an advance office in Wexford staffed by 39 people which has been operational since 25 June 2007. Of the 39 staff, one staff member transferred from an original location outside of Dublin and one staff member was recruited locally. The remainder of the staff transferred from an original Dublin based location. To date 47 staff have transferred from this Department to other Departments in order to decentralise to other locations outside Dublin.
