Departmental Staff Redeployment

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 21 October 2014

Tuesday, 21 October 2014

Ceisteanna (489)

Dara Calleary

Ceist:

489. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide in tabular form, the number of civil servants in his Department who have designated a County Mayo venue as their preference for a transfer; the numbers who have moved to the county in each year since 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40897/14]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade

One officer, still serving in my Department, has applied for a transfer to a Government office in County Mayo. No officer has transferred from my Department to an office in County Mayo since 2011.