Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 21 October 2008
344 Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the annual costs incurred by his Department in the implementation of the decentralisation scheme for each of the past four years, broken down between property and non-property costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35558/08]
View answerThe details requested by the Deputy in relation to non-property costs incurred by my Department are set out below:
2005 — €0.6m
2006 — €0.3m
2007 — €0.6m
2008 (to end 2nd quarter) — €0.8m
Expenditure in relation to property and the provision of office accommodation are matters for the Office of Public Works.
The Deputy may wish to note that the expenditure involved has given rise to the transfer of five hundred and fifty posts under the decentralisation programme.
345 Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress made by his Department on implementing the decentralisation scheme, including the number of staff who have moved under the scheme and the property bought or rented outside Dublin under the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35573/08]
View answerI would refer the Deputy to my Reply to Parliamentary Questions 368 and 403 of 30th September last.
My Department's decentralisation programme has made excellent progress. We have succeeded in transferring five hundred and fifty posts to all of our seven locations around the country and this represents nearly sixty per cent of my Department's overall target.
As the Deputy will be aware, matters relating to the acquisition of property and the provision of office accommodation are the responsibility of the Office of Public Works.
