Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 5 October 2005
207 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Finance the position of the decentralisation of a section of his Department to Athy, County Kildare; the date of commencement for the change; the number of officials that have voluntarily agreed to the move; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26973/05]
Amharc ar fhreagraAs part of the decentralisation programme it is intended that 250 posts of the Revenue Commissioners will be decentralised to Athy, County Kildare. I am advised by the Revenue Commissioners that the timing of the movement of staff to Athy is dependent on suitable accommodation being available. The Office of Public Works is currently examining a number of proposals in relation to a suitable site in Athy. The data from the central applications facility, CAF, published in September 2004 showed that a total of 86 applicants within Revenue and 48 applicants from other Departments have applied to decentralise with the Revenue Commissioners to Athy. There were also three applications from the wider public service.
208 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Finance the position regarding the decentralisation of the Department’s IT sector to Kildare town; the date of commencement of the operation; the number of officials that have agreed to move; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26974/05]
Amharc ar fhreagraAs part of the decentralisation programme it is intended that 34 posts of my Department and 379 posts of the Office of the Revenue Commissioners will be decentralised to Kildare town.
The timing of the movement of staff to Kildare is dependent on suitable accommodation being available. I am advised by the Office of Public Works that it is currently examining a number of proposals in relation to a suitable site in Kildare town.
The data from the central applications facility, CAF, published in September 2004 showed that a total of 35 persons have applied for decentralisation with my Department and 120 persons have applied for decentralisation with the Office of the Revenue Commissioners to Kildare town.
