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Decentralisation Programme Expenditure

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 17 December 2013

Tuesday, 17 December 2013

Questions (581)

Kevin Humphreys

Question:

581. Deputy Kevin Humphreys asked the Minister for Health if he will outline what offices relevant to his Department are located or have been decentralised outside of Dublin; if he will provide the total number of staff in his Department and the number of staff based outside County Dublin as of 2013; the annual cost incurred in 2012 and 2013, respectively, for decentralised staff travelling to meetings in Dublin; the number of times staff travelled to individual meetings in Dublin in each of those years; the costs those staff will be reimbursed for; if his Department has procedures or mechanisms in place such as video-conferencing to reduce the cost of travelling for each unit based outside Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53996/13]

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The total number of staff currently in my Department is 374 (or 347 Whole-time equivalents) and these are all based in headquarters at Hawkins House, Dublin.

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