Robert Dowds (Dublin Mid West, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I thank Mr. Shanahan and his colleagues for coming before us today and providing the committee with its report. When will Forfás be wound up? Will all staff transfer to the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation? How will this change impact on the work done by Forfás? Will it all be done through the Department to which Forfás staff have been assigned? Are there any implications for staff pay and so forth given the restrictions on pay that apply in Departments? In a broad sense, how does Mr. Shanahan envisage the work of Forfás continuing? Will the winding up of the agency have a negative effect?