Olwyn Enright (Laois-Offaly, Fine Gael)

Even if the figure is not 7% by the end of the year, 87% of people referred to FÁS last year did not jump off the live register when they received their letters. What is occurring in respect of that large number? Having a referral system is easy, but the outcomes are important, as I am sure the Minister agrees. Judging by these outcomes, the system is failing.

Given the Minister's statement that people are signing back on, when will she deal with the issue of people doing short-term FÁS courses signing off and signing on? This situation causes more queues and difficulties for her Department and the people themselves.

Has it been suggested to the Department's facilitators that they should get involved in fraud control measures? It has been put to me that facilitators have been asked to spend one day per week on fraud control as opposed to facilitation work. Is this is the case?

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