Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)

The Deputy knows that the employment services part of FÁS is being moved to the Department, so all the resources involved in placing people through FÁS will also now be part of a seamless service to be provided between facilitators and FÁS staff. They will not do exactly the same work but all the personnel will work together coherently. We could say that this is the Croke Park agreement working as we are bringing the FÁS services to the Department, meaning we will have the joint resources of what was FÁS in my Department in this regard. When that happens, without adding extra cost burdens to the State there will be a much more efficient service.

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