Departmental Staff Relocation

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 20 June 2017

Tuesday, 20 June 2017

Ceisteanna (408)

Éamon Ó Cuív

Ceist:

408. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of staff under the remit of his Department who 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 who relocated outside the Dublin region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29043/17]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform

I wish to inform the Deputy that during the period from 2014 to date in 2017, in my Department there were seventeen staff who transferred to offices located outside the Dublin region. The information requested by the Deputy is laid out in the following tables.

  Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (Core)

Year	Grade	Region	Relocation Cost
2014	Administrative   Officer	Limerick	Nil
2014	Assistant   Principal	Galway	Nil

National Shared Services Office (NSSO) Staff

Year	Grade	Region	External/Internal Transfer	Relocation Cost
2015	Clerical Officer	Tullamore	Internal	Nil
2016	Higher Executive Officer	Galway	Internal	Nil
2016	Executive Officer	Cavan	External	Nil
2016	Clerical Officer	Dundalk	External	Nil
2016	Clerical Officer	Tullamore	Internal	Nil
2016	Clerical Officer	Tullamore	Internal	Nil
2016	Clerical Officer	Tullamore	Internal	Nil
2016	Clerical Officer	Tullamore	Internal	Nil
2016	Clerical Officer	Tullamore	Internal	Nil
2016	Clerical Officer	Wexford	External	Nil
2016	Clerical Officer	Wicklow	External	Nil
2017	Higher Executive Officer	Galway	Internal	Nil
2017	Clerical Officer	Donegal	External	Nil

Office of Government Procurement (OGP)

Year	Grade	Region	External/Internal Transfer	Relocation Cost
2016	Category Specialist (EO equivalent)	Trim	Internal	Nil
2016	Category Specialist (EO equivalent)	Tullamore	External	Nil

Information is not available on actual transfer applications as where staff apply for a transfer, these requests are usually made directly to the department/office they are looking to transfer to.