Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)

What is the Taoiseach going to do about it? Up to 10,000 people a month are losing their jobs while these revelations come out week after week. To claim the process is in place and the Committee of Public Accounts will come to a conclusion displays a massively cavalier approach from the Government. Material was sent to the committee by FÁS that had entries blacked out. I understand there is an extensive range of information coming from FÁS offices, following on from freedom of information requests. In 2005, for example, the total cost for the Science Challenge week came to €886,000, €772,000 of which was spent on advertising. How is it that persons involved can have credit cards with €76,000 limits? This is incredible.

The Taoiseach is in charge of the Government. He has quite rightly spoken about cutting out wastage of public money. This, however, is a litany of extraordinary expenditures, facilities and requirements given to this organisation at a time when we need a massive drive in re-training and upskilling.

I did not catch the Taoiseach's reply on the identity, or other words, of the person at the nail bar in West Cocoa Beach, Florida. There might be an interest in this person's identity. Obviously, I do not have any indication as to who it is.

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