110. Deputy Seamus Kirk asked the Minister for Defence if he will provide in tabular form the total 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; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35292/15]

My Department has decentralised offices in Newbridge, Galway and Roscrea. The total number of staff in my Department is 358, with 343 of these based outside Dublin. The following table outlines the breakdown of civil servants who have transferred or applied to transfer from my Department to locations outside the Dublin region since 2011.

In relation to civilian employees attached to military installations, 2 Cork-based staff have requested transfers to the Shannon/Clare and West Cork areas respectively.

My Department does not hold specific details in relation to staff who have sought to transfer from my Department to other locations. All staff wishing to transfer to a location designated under the Government’s Decentralisation Programme were required to register their interest on the Central Applications Facility (CAF) which was administered by the Public Appointments Service.