Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 13 December 2016
189. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide all examples of entire units that have been re-centralised back to Dublin from within his Department; his Department's rationale for such moves; and if Cabinet approval was sought and given in each case. [40477/16]
View answerI wish to inform the Deputy that my Department has not re-centralised any of the units, for which it is now responsible, following their decentralisation to Tullamore in 2006. However, in addition to units that transferred to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform on the establishment of that Department in 2011, certain units of my Department have transferred more recently to the National Shared Service Office in Tullamore, which is part of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and further such transfers are planned. That would leave a number of small - but important - residual functions belonging to my Department located in Tullamore and, as this would not be a safe or viable situation, these will be re-centralised to Headquarters in Dublin.
