As part of the Government's decentralisation programme, it was decided that 250 Revenue posts will be decentralised to Athy, County Kildare. The report of the decentralisation implementation group of 19 November 2004 did not include Athy as a location in the first phase of moves. A further report is expected from the group in the spring of 2005 dealing with all remaining locations, including Athy. The data from the central applications facility published in September showed that a total of 134 persons have applied for decentralisation with the Revenue Commissioners, with Athy as their first choice.