Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 4 July 2013

Public Accounts Committee

2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 17 - European Globalisation Adjustment Fund
FÁS Financial Statements 2012
National Training Fund

1:00 pm

Photo of John DeasyJohn Deasy (Waterford, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I would like to ask Dr. Fields about the design of the courses, which was mentioned earlier. The case of TalkTalk is relevant to where I am from. The bigger picture relates to the national agencies that deal with these cases. How much interaction and connectivity do Dr. Fields and his colleagues have with IDA Ireland and Enterprise Ireland when they are designing courses? When the two agencies recently looked at Waterford and the south east, they identified deficiencies in the skills base in the region, for example, when it comes to languages.

This may not be directly relevant in some cases. Does it have connectivity and interaction with the agencies, based on their experience and where they believe the deficits may be?

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