Ciarán Cannon (Galway East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Contract training has been an integral part of FÁS's service provision to clients for many years. The processes for managing and monitoring contracts are comprehensive and were substantially improved in a review of contracted training in 2010. FETAC, now Quality and Qualifications Ireland, QQI, prepared a comprehensive monitoring report of FÁS during 2011 and 2012. This report set out a number of recommendations to further develop and improve the arrangements for quality assurance and enhancement put in place by FÁS.

In August, FÁS provided QQI with an update on the action plan which set out how FÁS had addressed the recommendations contained in the report, and this will inform its ongoing discussions with QQI on quality assurance. QQI is now responsible for reviewing the overall effectiveness of the quality assurance arrangements established by FÁS. Before the establishment of QQI, this function was performed by FETAC.

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