Joe Higgins
Ceist:225 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Minister for Transport the number of jobs in Bus Éireann head office that have been marked for decentralisation to Mitchelstown. [18577/04]
Amharc ar fhreagraTuesday, 22 June 2004
Ceisteanna (225, 226, 227, 228)
Joe Higgins
Ceist:226 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Minister for Transport the number of workers in Bus Éireann head office that have agreed to relocate to Mitchelstown. [18578/04]
Amharc ar fhreagraJoe Higgins
Ceist:227 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Minister for Transport the number of workers in Bus Éireann head office that would have to agree to relocate to Mitchelstown before this decentralisation could be viable. [18579/04]
Amharc ar fhreagraJoe Higgins
Ceist:228 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Minister for Transport if Bus Éireann workers who would not be in a position to relocate to Mitchelstown will maintain the same rights and promotion possibilities as before. [18580/04]
Amharc ar fhreagraFreagraí scríofa
I propose to take Questions Nos. 225 to 228, inclusive, together.
All of the posts in Bus Éireann headquarters are due to be decentralised to Mitchelstown. It is not possible to state the number of workers in Bus Éireann head office who have expressed an interest in relocation as results are not yet available from the Central applications Facility.
Implementation of decentralisation will have to be managed in a way which makes the process viable. With regard to rights and promotion possibilities, the Minister for Finance has indicated that decentralisation will inevitably change the way in which the public service will operate in the future. The present position in this regard is outlined in the reply of the Minister for Finance, Deputy McCreevy, to a parliamentary question answered on Tuesday, 17 February, 2004.