The minister has no problem coming up impressive numbers of people who have availed of the service but the devil may be in the detail. If you remove occupational guidance (usually offered when attending the registration interview) from the totals figures, the practical help would probably be drastically reduced. I have seen this type of use of figures with Waterford Crystal workers before in relation to FAS where a 3 day "back to work" course offered at registration gave the impression that almost all the workers were actively involved in FAS retraining programs.
Martin Evans
Posted on 6 Sep 2010 2:47 pm
The minister has no problem coming up impressive numbers of people who have availed of the service but the devil may be in the detail. If you remove occupational guidance (usually offered when attending the registration interview) from the totals figures, the practical help would probably be drastically reduced. I have seen this type of use of figures with Waterford Crystal workers before in relation to FAS where a 3 day "back to work" course offered at registration gave the impression that almost all the workers were actively involved in FAS retraining programs.