135 Mr. R. Bruton asked the Minister for Finance the number of persons who have registered with the CAF to date; and the percentage of those who registered who did not select a location. [19134/04]

The central applications facility, CAF, was launched on 12 May 2004 and is being operated by the Civil Service Commission. Information and analysis on applications from the CAF will only become available after 8 July next and will be provided to the various interested parties, including the decentralisation implementation group, staff and management interests and so forth as soon as possible.