10 posts from the Department's Road Haulage function and 40 Road Safety Authority Posts were decentralised to Loughrea and the move was completed in July 2007. Decentralisation of an additional 62 Road Safety Authority posts (which were not part of the original Government decision) to Ballina was also achieved.
While Road Safety Authority posts are categorised as public service posts, civil servants transferring from my Department to the RSA retained their Civil Service status for 3 years from Vesting Day, 13th September, 2006. This involved 6 staff transferred to Loughrea and 210 staff transferred to Ballina.
Following the Government decision to defer a number of decentralisation projects to 2011, no further moves are planned for 2009. 9 of the 50 posts moved to Loughrea were filled by CAF applicants from Dublin with the remainder filled by CAF applicants from other locations. Of the Ballina posts, 8 were filled by CAF applicants from Dublin with 19 filled by CAF applicants from other locations.