157. Deputy Seamus Kirk asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade 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 departmental or State agency offices located outside the Dublin region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35295/15]

Two Executive Officers and four Clerical Officers from my Department have applied for a transfer to another Government office outside Dublin within the last two years.