Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)

I do not have detail to hand on the number of public servants who will be transferred as it was not part of the question but I would be more than happy to give Deputy O'Dowd the numbers in due course. This relates to the division of FÁS training agency and FÁS employment services, which will transfer to the Department of Social Protection. I reiterate that there has been a considerable reduction in the numbers within the FÁS agency over the last period.

The board of FÁS has been asked to do a number of things. The first was to deal with the issues of corporate governance. All of those issues have been addressed and the mandates set down to them have been met. There is no point in Deputy O'Dowd shaking his head because that has happened.

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