Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)

No. There was a meeting in September 2009 to analyse the labour market activation programmes. The committee had points to make on these yesterday and I will be taking them on board in the context of quality assurance. It is important to reiterate that the group has been superseded by the Cabinet sub-committee, which has met almost every fortnight. All these matters are discussed at political level and implementation is carried out by the high-level group of senior officials.

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