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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Invest in Irish Job Scheme: Discussion. (10 Jul 2013)

Kieran O'Donnell: The Deputy is in politics.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Invest in Irish Job Scheme: Discussion. (10 Jul 2013)

Kieran O'Donnell: Have the witnesses had the opportunity to do an audit of the type of projects that are vulnerable in terms of their sustainability for going forward to the fiscal cliff?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Invest in Irish Job Scheme: Discussion. (10 Jul 2013)

Kieran O'Donnell: Think positively.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Invest in Irish Job Scheme: Discussion. (10 Jul 2013)

Kieran O'Donnell: What type of model funds them?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Invest in Irish Job Scheme: Discussion. (10 Jul 2013)

Kieran O'Donnell: Please boil it down to practicalities rather than an abstract description.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Invest in Irish Job Scheme: Discussion. (10 Jul 2013)

Kieran O'Donnell: Yes. What has been learned from the fund's experience in Ireland?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Invest in Irish Job Scheme: Discussion. (10 Jul 2013)

Kieran O'Donnell: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Invest in Irish Job Scheme: Discussion. (10 Jul 2013)

Kieran O'Donnell: Please explain the strategic aspect of the model.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Invest in Irish Job Scheme: Discussion. (10 Jul 2013)

Kieran O'Donnell: I welcome Mr. Flannery and I welcome others to Ireland. I wish to address a number of issues beyond those already mentioned. From the witnesses' experience with the Ireland Funds, the philanthropy forum and the One Foundation, how long would it take to get a project like this up and running on a practical level? What would be involved? The greatest challenge facing Ireland is employment....

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 17 - European Globalisation Adjustment Fund
FÁS Financial Statements 2012
National Training Fund (4 Jul 2013)

Kieran O'Donnell: No, the €1.65 million obviously went to FÁS as well. I remember from the time that it went to FÁS. I would say the Department of Social Protection is now-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 17 - European Globalisation Adjustment Fund
FÁS Financial Statements 2012
National Training Fund (4 Jul 2013)

Kieran O'Donnell: Okay.

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 17 - European Globalisation Adjustment Fund
FÁS Financial Statements 2012
National Training Fund (4 Jul 2013)

Kieran O'Donnell: It was the back to education allowance.

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 17 - European Globalisation Adjustment Fund
FÁS Financial Statements 2012
National Training Fund (4 Jul 2013)

Kieran O'Donnell: Okay. I would like to know the reason for the disparity in refunds between the various programmes. It is clear that almost 80% of the fund was spent in the Waterford example. That is to be welcomed. In the case of SR Technics, approximately 40% of the fund was spent and 60%, which is very high, was refunded. Has the Department come to a conclusion - apart from the overall issues relating...

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 17 - European Globalisation Adjustment Fund
FÁS Financial Statements 2012
National Training Fund (4 Jul 2013)

Kieran O'Donnell: I will leave it at that. Mr. Ó Foghlú and his colleagues might give us a breakdown of the figures.

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 17 - European Globalisation Adjustment Fund
FÁS Financial Statements 2012
National Training Fund (4 Jul 2013)

Kieran O'Donnell: I do not particularly want to be average. I think we can design programmes to meet the needs of individuals. From the surveys conducted on the former Dell employees, a significant proportion of the 2,600 former employees had an education standard of junior certificate or less. One would like people to get to the point at which they could do third level degrees. However, such an aspiration...

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 17 - European Globalisation Adjustment Fund
FÁS Financial Statements 2012
National Training Fund (4 Jul 2013)

Kieran O'Donnell: Why is it not possible to spend every euro under the measure?

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 17 - European Globalisation Adjustment Fund
FÁS Financial Statements 2012
National Training Fund (4 Jul 2013)

Kieran O'Donnell: On the application form for the former Dell workers, the provision was for third level education.

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 17 - European Globalisation Adjustment Fund
FÁS Financial Statements 2012
National Training Fund (4 Jul 2013)

Kieran O'Donnell: How much was allocated under the Dell programme to enterprise? Of the total grant of €22 million, how much was allocated to the area of enterprise? Will Mr. Ó Foghlú given an indication of the total funding allocated under the various headings in the application? How much of that was spent and how much was unspent? I certainly know that some of categories could have spent...

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 17 - European Globalisation Adjustment Fund
FÁS Financial Statements 2012
National Training Fund (4 Jul 2013)

Kieran O'Donnell: The allocation to FÁS was €5.35 million, the allocation for higher education was €2.53 million and the allocation to the category of self-employed or entrepreneurship was €3.28 million, making a total of €11.16 million. What happened to the balance?

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 17 - European Globalisation Adjustment Fund
FÁS Financial Statements 2012
National Training Fund (4 Jul 2013)

Kieran O'Donnell: I know that. The point I am trying to establish is how much was the refund in respect of those categories? The total refund was €13.619 million. What was the refund in respect of each of the individual categories?