Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)

That Bill is on Second Stage. A matter of prolonged discussions within social partnership was the need to ensure that we have a proportionate and practical response in these areas. One cannot attribute the failures in FÁS, brought forward primarily by Dáil scrutiny, to the fact that there were employee representatives on the board. That is not the reason for the problem.

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