Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)

On the issue raised in FÁS, my Minister of State will be addressing this matter in the context of the legislation in the concluding remarks of the debate on Second Stage. The internal audit unit of FÁS carried out an investigation. FÁS provides a considerable amount of training, in-house and through private training providers, and this is an important role. The internal audit was carried out following concerns raised at the time on the basis of the quality of the training provided. Arising from this, and from checks and balances within the FÁS audit unit, these matters were investigated and the situation has been rectified. The employee involved has been removed from office.

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