Under the decentralisation programme, a site has been acquired for my Department's Headquarter offices in Wexford. The building is under construction and expected to be completed by December 2008 and ready for occupation from February 2009. My Department will then transfer 270 posts into these offices, commencing in Q1 2009. An advance office was established in Wexford on 25 June 2007 and is currently staffed by 45 people.
The Government decision on the decentralisation programme announced on 14 October indicated that the Department's other three locations in the South-East, Waterford, New Ross and Kilkenny are being deferred pending the outcome of a review in 2011 in light of budgetary developments.
The decentralisation of the National Building Agency and the Local Government Computer Services Board is also deferred pending this review.
The provision of accommodation for my Department is a matter for the Office of Public Works.