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Decentralisation Programme.

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 25 March 2004

Thursday, 25 March 2004

Ceisteanna (68)

Eamon Ryan

Ceist:

68 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the sections of his Department that have already been relocated outside of Dublin to date; and the extent to which the workers transferred were the original workers attached to his Department. [9486/04]

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Table 1 shows the sections of my Department that have already been relocated outside of Dublin to date. Table 2 shows the previous career history of the staff involved in the most recent decentralisation to Johnstown Castle — other than forest service staff — along the lines requested by the Deputy. My Department cannot provide total numbers of job-people changes to achieve the decentralisation as many of these changes would have occurred in other Departments. My Department has not carried out a detailed examination of the pattern in the other offices listed in table 1 because of the time elapsed and the detailed work involved.

TABLE 1

Sections currently in Decentralised HQ Offices

Castlebar 1970’s

Cavan 1980’s

Portlaoise Early 1990’s

Johnstown Castle Late 1990’s

Headage Premium Quotas

Accounts

Special Beef Premium

On Farm Investment

Land Services

Appeals Office

Beef Export Refunds

Beef Public Storage

Other Market Supports

TABLE 2

Staff involved in Decentralisation to Johnstown Castle in 1998

Grade

Relocated

Transferred in

Recruited

Grade Totals

Agricultural Inspectors

4

0

0

4

Administration Officers

0

1

0

1

Area Superintendent

1

0

0

1

Assistant Agric. Inspectors

0

0

3

3

Assistant Principal

2

12

0

14

Cleaner

1

0

0

1

Clerical Officers

12

17

106

135

Executive Officers

14

42

12

68

EO Analysts

1

1

0

2

Higher Executive Officers

4

31

0

35

HEO Systems Analysts

1

0

0

1

Principals

0

3

0

3

Senior Inspectors

2

0

0

2

Senior Superintend Vet Insp

1

0

0

1

Services Officers

1

1

1

3

Staff Officers

4

11

0

15

Supervisory Agric Officers

3

0

0

3

Vet Inspectors

0

0

1

1

Totals

51

119

123

Grand Total

293

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