Decentralisation Programme Data

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 9 October 2018

Tuesday, 9 October 2018

Questions (66)

Michael Moynihan

Question:

66. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of civil and public service jobs that relocated to all 53 locations in 25 counties under the 2003 decentralisation programme by Department and location in each county, in tabular form; and his plans for a new programme. [40668/18]

Written answers

Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform

As the Deputy will be aware, the Decentralisation Programme announced in December 2003 involved the potential relocation of over 10,000 civil and public service jobs to 53 locations in 25 counties.

It was decided by the Government in 2011 that the Decentralisation Programme should be cancelled in light of the budgetary and staffing outlook at that time. Up to that date, about a third of the target numbers, over 3,400 posts were decentralised. It is estimated that the proportion of civil servants working outside Dublin is now in the region of 50%.

The accompanying table sets out the details requested by the Deputy in his question.

I currently have no plans to introduce a further programme of decentralisation.

Number of Staff relocated (2011) - Decentralisation - Organisations and Staff Moved.

Location	-	-	Department/Organisation	Staff moved
Carlow	1	Carlow (advance party)	Enterprise Trade & Innovation	103
Cavan	2	Cavan (advance party)	Communications Energy & Natural Resources	57
	3	Kilrush	Office of the Revenue Commissioners	57
Clare	4	Shannon¹ (advance party)	Enterprise Ireland	66
			Agriculture Fisheries & Food	85
			BIM	20
	5	Clonakilty	Sea Fisheries Protection Authority	47
Cork	6	Cork City	Health Information and Quality Authority	47
	7	Buncrana	Social Protection	100
Donegal	8	Gaoth Dobhair	Foras na Gaeilge	5
	9	Clifden (advance party)	Pobal	25
			Road Safety Authority	40
	10	Loughrea	Transport - Road Haulage	10
			Community Equality
Galway	11	Na Forbacha	and Gaeltacht Affairs	12
	12	Killarney	Tourism Culture & Sport	79
Kerry	13	Listowel	Office of the Revenue Commissioners	52
	14	Athy (advance party)	Office of the Revenue Commissioners	73
	15	Naas	Irish Auditing & Accounting Supervisory Authority	12
			Defence	165
Kildare	16	Newbridge	Defence Forces HQ	55
Kilkenny	17	Thomastown (advance party in Kilkenny)	Health & Safety Authority	33
			Data Protection Commissioner	23
			Equality Tribunal	8
	18	Portarlington (advance party)	NCCA	12
Laois	19	Portlaoise (advance party)	Agriculture Fisheries & Food	317
Leitrim	20	Carrick-on-Shannon	Social Protection	159
	21	Limerick	Foreign Affairs - Development Co-operation Ireland	134
Limerick	22	Newcastlewest	Office of the Revenue Commissioners	52
Longford	23	Longford	Irish Prison Service	133
Louth	24	Dundalk² (advance party)	Sustainable Energy Ireland	11
	25	Ballina	Road Safety Authority	62
	26	Charlestown (advance party in Tubbercurry)	Community Equality & Gaeltacht Affairs	100
Mayo	27	Claremorris (advance party)	Office of Public Works	31
			Coroners Service	4
			Garda Civilian Human Resources Division	38
			National Property Services Regulatory Authority	9
			Office of the Director of Probation Service	15
	28	Navan	Office of the Revenue Commissioners	100
Meath	29	Trim	Office of Public Works	240
	30	Birr (advance party)	FÁS	20
Offaly	31	Tullamore	Finance	122
Roscommon	32	Roscommon	Property Registration Authority - Land Registry	77
Sligo	33	Sligo	Social Protection	72
			Private Security Authority	32
	34	Tipperary Town	Irish Naturalisation & Immigration Service (advance move)	63
			Garda HQ - Garda Central Vetting Office	67
	35	Thurles (advance party)	Garda HQ - Fixed Charge Processing Section	66
Tipperary	36	Roscrea (advance party)	Equality Authority	16
	37	Athlone	Education & Skills	88
Westmeath	38	Mullingar (advance party)	Education & Skills	7
Wexford	39	Wexford (advance party)	Environment Heritage & Local Government	189
			Total	3,410

¹ Includes 40 Shannon Development posts absorbed into Enterprise Ireland and additional posts located in Shannon under a parallel process.

² SEI are in the process of relocating a further 13 posts to Dundalk.