I am advised by the Revenue Commissioners that the movement of staff as a direct result of the relocation of the Collector General's office to Limerick commenced in 1993 and was completed by 1996. A total of 550 posts were transferred under the decentralisation programme to the office in Limerick. Over the three-year period approximately 290 staff took a direct move at the same grade. Of these 268 transferred into Revenue from other Departments for Limerick and approximately 22 Revenue staff transferred at their current grade. A total of 294 staff were promoted for Limerick — 150 Revenue staff and 144 staff from other Departments. Approximately 140 staff were recruited at clerical assistant grade for the Collector General's office in Limerick.
The decentralisation of the Collector General's office to Limerick coincided with decentralisation to Nenagh and Ennis and resulted in approximately 134 staff moving to other offices within Revenue which were not decentralising. A total of 24 staff moved out of Revenue to other Departments. Over the three-year period, there was natural movement of staff into and out of the Collector General's office.