Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 25 March 2004
146 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the sections of his Department that have already been relocated outside Dublin to date; and the extent to which the workers transferred were the original workers attached to his Department. [9493/04]
Amharc ar fhreagraMy Department has participated in two previous decentralisation programmes. In 1983, the vehicle registration unit decentralised to Shannon, while under a later decentralisation programme in 1989 several sections moved to Ballina.
The information sought on the status of the staff who originally took up employment in those offices is not readily available at this stage, and its compilation would involve a disproportionate amount of time and work.
