Dáil Éireann - Volume 600 - 12 April, 2005

Written Answers. - Decentralisation Programme.

Mr. Naughten Mr. Naughten

  529. Mr. Naughten asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the sections of his Department currently based outside Dublin which will be moved to other non-Dublin locations under the decentralisation programme; the location from and to which officials are being transferred; the numbers and sections involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10531/05]

Mr. Brennan Mr. Brennan

375

  Mr. Brennan:: Under the Government decentralisation programme announced as part of budget 2004, my Department and its agencies are [375] required to relocate to seven provincial locations, i.e., Drogheda, Buncrana, Donegal, Carrick-on-Shannon, Sligo, Monaghan and Carrickmacross.

At present, my Department has decentralised offices in Sligo, Letterkenny, Longford, Waterford and Dundalk. There are no plans to move any of the sections in these locations.

Dáil Éireann 600 Written Answers. Decentralisation Programme.

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