Joanna Tuffy (Dublin Mid West, Labour)
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Mr. Delaney used the phrase “walk away from its history”. I presume he was alluding to the bad press FÁS received in recent years. In my community, FÁS courses were much sought after and there was obviously a lot of good work done by the organisation. I am sure others have experienced this. In reality, most of FÁS's work was good work, although there were problems. The VECs have a long history and some of their responsibilities are being dealt with here also. VECs have done a lot to help with gaining access to education, for example. It is very important that Mr. Delaney build on what was good. There is much expertise and many ideas on how to do things better among staff, right down to the clerical officer and tutor. Will an exercise be carried out to talk to people at that level, not just management level?