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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: May I suggest that the review of the course is incomplete? I make a simple point. If 40% of the fund was refunded, that means that money were returned from other categories. Will Mr. Ó Foghlú come up with the figure and provide it to the committee?

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: My point is that the preparation of the scheme is paramount. What was the allocation of €1.45 million to the Department of Social Protection used for?

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: Is it correct that with the €5.35 allocation to FÁS, €1.45 million to the Department of Social Protection and €0.39 million for technical support, more than €7 million of the total funding allocated in effect went to FÁS? It seems that more than 55% of the funding that was allocated went to FÁS. How much of the funding that was allocated went to...

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 accept all of that. How many new courses has FÁS brought in and dropped in the past two years? Are its courses fit for purpose?

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: Out of how many?

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 many courses has FÁS dropped in the past two years?

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 many courses has FÁS deactivated and how many new courses has it brought in? What is the turnover of the courses?

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: Out of a complement of how many?

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: Roughly, one is talking about 13%, or just over one in ten courses. Does Dr. Fields think that is adequate?

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 many of the people who came through training or job-related courses in the past two years have ended up in 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: Is Mr. O'Toole saying that just over 50% of people doing FÁS courses end up in jobs - 60% of trainees and 45% of all others?

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: Is there a tracking system in that having done a course, FÁS knows whether somebody is in employment? Mr. O'Toole spoke about a survey. When somebody does a course, has FÁS some way of knowing what he or she is doing over the following 12 months? Is there a database to see if courses are fulfilling the criteria for the market and to ensure people get jobs?

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 refer to the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund. Obviously, coming from Limerick and given what happened with Dell, I have a particular interest in it. In regard to the funding which has been returned to the EU, in Dell's case, 40% was returned. Interestingly, in the case of Waterford Crystal, it was a low as 20% while in the case of SR Technics, it was 60%. In terms of NACE 41,...

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 apologise for being late. I wish to touch on a couple of issues. I do not know if my general question has been asked already. The total annual budget stated in the FÁS annual report for 2011 was just short of €1 billion, but programmes cost €736 million, overheads cost €40 million, pension cost €62 million and staff cost about €105 million. If one...

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: Yes. Perhaps Mr. O'Toole will update his information for 2012.

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: Let us reduce that figure to about €2,300 per job.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Jul 2013)

Kieran O'Donnell: Taking up Deputy McNamara's point, could it be taken that section 22(4) could prove to be inconsistent with section 22(1), which states it shall be an offence to intentionally destroy unborn human life? For the avoidance of doubt or any conflicts or inconsistencies, should section 22(4) be deleted? Does it cause more confusion than clarity when the primary section is section 22(1)?

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Jul 2013)

Kieran O'Donnell: Is it case law?

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Jul 2013)

Kieran O'Donnell: What is the legal basis of the sentence of 14 years?