Decentralisation Programme.

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 10 March 2009

Tuesday, 10 March 2009

Questions (318)

Lucinda Creighton

Question:

344 Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for Defence if senior officials of his Department, including the Secretary General, will be located in a decentralised office or in Dublin. [9801/09]

Written answers

Minister for Defence (Deputy Willie O’Dea)

The Government decision on decentralisation provides for the transfer of my Department's Dublin-based civil service staff, together with a number of military personnel, to Newbridge, Co. Kildare, and for the decentralisation of the Defence Forces Headquarters (DFHQ) to the Curragh. All staff, including senior officials and the Secretary General, will transfer to Newbridge under the decentralisation programme.