In response to the Deputy’s question the following table outlines the number of staff in my Department or in bodies which fall under the remit of my Department who sought transfers in 2012, and those currently seeking transfers, on a county basis:
Current location
|
Number
|
Location to which they transferred
|
Staff who transferred in 2012
|
|
|
Valuation Office
|
1
|
Dublin
|
|
1
|
Portlaoise
|
Valuation Tribunal
|
1
|
Dublin
|
Public Expenditure & Reform
|
1
|
Meath
|
|
1
|
Wexford
|
|
1
|
Dublin
|
Public Appointments Service
|
7
|
Dublin
|
|
1
|
Meath
|
Office of Public Works
|
5
|
Dublin
|
|
1
|
Clare
|
Staff who are currently seeking Transfers
|
|
|
Valuation Office
|
2
|
Dublin
|
Valuation Tribunal
|
2
|
Dublin
|
State Laboratory
|
1
|
Dublin
|
Public Expenditure & Reform
|
1
|
Tullamore
|
Public Appointments Service
|
5
|
Dublin
|
|
1
|
Louth
|
|
1
|
Kildare
|
|
1
|
Longford
|
Office of Public Works
|
1
|
Dublin
|
|
1
|
Limerick
|
|
1
|
Westmeath
|
|
1
|
Mayo
|
While the OPW does not currently operate a formal, internal transfer scheme for State Industrial employees, a small number of requests are accommodated from time to time, principally on compassionate grounds. One such transfer, from Kerry to Dublin, was facilitated in 2012. There is no formal scheme of interdepartmental transfer for State Industrial staff.