Following an overall review of decentralisation, in November 2011, a Government decision gave effect to the winding down of a number of individual decentralisation projects. As part of the implementation of this decision the original proposal to designate the then Department of Environment, Community and Local Government’s Wexford office as Headquarters was rescinded.
The reconfiguration of my Department in 2011 and again earlier this year has resulted in a number of reviews and restructurings of divisions and sections generally, including the further expansion of the Housing function and the creation of new sections to support delivery of this important priority for Government. These restructurings have resulted in the movement of pieces of work between the Department's three locations in some cases but no entire unit has been re-centralised back to Dublin as a result.