642 Mr. P. McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of staff who have transferred to her Department under the decentralisation CAF or DCAF schemes and who have found that they must make a further move to another section within six months of their departmental transfer; the effect such moves have on staff morale; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13105/07]

To date 2 members of staff who transferred into my Department under the CAF scheme have transferred to a second section within my Department within 6 months of the original transfer. In one case, this happened because a combination of circumstances made it possible to offer the officer a move to their first preference location under the CAF in advance of the relocation of the section to which they were initially assigned. In the other case, the officer was transferred to a second section within three months of the initial transfer in response to business needs, this second assignment has now been in place for over a year.