Relocation arrangements in place

Portlaoise: Arrangements for the relocation of Department of Agriculture and Food staff from Dublin to Portlaoise are being finalised, Tom Parlon, Minister of State at the Office of Public Works, has confirmed.

He said top-class office accommodation has been secured in Portlaoise to allow for the immediate transfer of more than 100 additional staff from the department as part of the decentralisation process.

It was expected that arrangements can be made that will see these staff in situ within ten weeks.