Decentralisation Programme.

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 13 February 2008

Wednesday, 13 February 2008

Questions (272)

Richard Bruton

Question:

367 Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will present in tabular form the progress at the end of 2007 in respect of units or agencies under his Department which are due to decentralise showing in respect of each the number of posts to be decentralised, the number who have moved to the new location, the number who have been assigned to the decentralised post but have not moved, the number of staff who have been assigned who are new recruits and the number who have opted to stay in Dublin who have been assigned to other posts within Dublin. [5306/08]

Written answers

Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform (Deputy Brian Lenihan)

I would refer the Deputy to my reply of 30th January 2008 to Parliamentary Question Ref No. 2608/08, which provides a comprehensive progress report on my Department's decentralisation programme. The table attached provides the additional information requested by the Deputy in respect of staff assignments.

Division/Agency	Number assigned yet to decentralise	Number of New Recruits	Number remaining & assigned to Dublin posts
Irish Prison Service	4	2	84
Property Registration Authority	51	7	*
Office of the Data Protection Commissioner	0	0	12
Private Security Authority	0	0	0
Irish Naturalisation Immigration Service	40	0	*
Sections of Garda HQ
(1) GCVU	0	24	19
(2) FCPS	8	0	45
National Property Services Regulatory Authority	0	0	0
Garda Civilian Human Resources Directorate	0	0	3
Office of the Director of Probation Service	7	0	*
Equality Authority	21	0	*
Garda Ombudsman Commission	7	0	*
Equality Tribunal	3	0	*

*Because the decentralisation process is at various stages of completion for different agencies, the re-assignment of officers wishing to remain in Dublin has not been completed.