Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 20 June 2017
1579. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health the number of staff under the remit of his Department that have applied to be transferred to Department or State agency offices located outside the Dublin region in each of the years 2014 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; the estimated average cost incurred for each staff member that relocated outside the Dublin region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29040/17]
Amharc ar fhreagraCivil Servants who are interested in transfers to regional offices can seek such transfers through the Departmental Transfer Lists or the Central Applications Facility which was maintained in the context of the decentralisation programme. In addition Civil Servants can also seek transfers through their Staff Association for head to head swaps. Therefore, it is not possible to provide the information requested by the Deputy as applications from staff members of this Department to transfer to offices outside the Dublin region are currently not collated in the format requested by the Deputy. Staff from this Department who transfer to regional offices are not entitled to removal expenses as all such transfers are on a voluntary basis.
