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Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (29 Sep 2010)

Seán Haughey: As of 20 September 2010, there are 376 persons under 25 years of age on Community Employment schemes.

Written Answers — Departmental Programmes: Departmental Programmes (29 Sep 2010)

Seán Haughey: The Work Placement Programme provides unemployed individuals with the opportunity to secure work experience for up to nine months. The programme includes the provision to ring-fence 250 places for under 25s. Participation on the programme is voluntary and unpaid while participants on the programme may be entitled to maintain their social welfare entitlements subject to the rules of the...

Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (29 Sep 2010)

Seán Haughey: EURES assisted 23,306 persons in 2008, broken down as 21,600 jobseekers and 1,706 employers or their representatives. The 2009 figures were 21,012, of which 19,736 were jobseekers and 1,276 were employers. This assistance includes advice and counselling to mobile European workers (Irish and other EU/EEA nationals) and work placement in Ireland and Europe. Assistance was given to Irish...

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (29 Sep 2010)

Seán Haughey: I propose to take Questions Nos. 293 and 294 together. The following table lists the number of complaints received by the FÁS Client Services Co-ordinator and the number of complaints referred on to the Client Services Commissioner. Year Number of Complaints No of Complaints referred to Client Service Commissioner 2007 129 3 2008 161 2 2009 190 6

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (29 Sep 2010)

Seán Haughey: Officials in my Department have been in contact with Waterford City VEC in relation to person referred to by the Deputy and I understand that the matter has been resolved.

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (29 Sep 2010)

Seán Haughey: Bus Éireann which operates the School Transport Scheme on behalf of my Department has advised that the pupil referred to by the Deputy, in the details supplied, made a late application for school transport for the current year. The service in question is operating to capacity but Bus Éireann has further advised that this pupil can be facilitated on another service and in this regard the...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (29 Sep 2010)

Seán Haughey: Bus Éireann which operates the School Transport Schemes on behalf of my Department has advised that the service in the area in question is operating to capacity. However, arrangements are being made to ensure that all eligible pupils will be provided with a reasonable level of service. In this regard the families referred to by the Deputy, in the details supplied, should liaise with their...

Written Answers — Departmental Correspondence: Departmental Correspondence (29 Sep 2010)

Seán Haughey: The matter raised by the Deputy relating to a named individual is an operational matter for FÁS. I have requested FÁS to reply directly to the Deputy in due course.

Remuneration in Universities (29 Sep 2010)

Seán Haughey: Efforts to regularise remuneration matters in the university sector have been ongoing for some years. Indeed this issue was in the public domain prior to my appointment and has been the subject of references in the reports of the Review Body on Higher Remuneration in the Public Sector and in questions previously raised in this House. More recently the issue of bonus payments in UCD came...

Remuneration in Universities (29 Sep 2010)

Seán Haughey: Remuneration in universities is regulated by the Universities Act 1997. While the Act confers a considerable degree of institutional autonomy, it provides that all forms of remuneration in universities, including allowances, are required to be approved by the Minister for Education and Skills with the consent of the Minister for Finance. It is regrettably evident that some universities did...

Remuneration in Universities (29 Sep 2010)

Seán Haughey: No. I do not believe the Government should be ashamed of itself. The universities in question should be ashamed of themselves. With autonomy comes responsibility and it is not too much to expect that highly paid senior management in our third level institutions adhere to the law without having to be constantly supervised. As I stated in my opening statement, efforts to regularise...

Remuneration in Universities (29 Sep 2010)

Seán Haughey: I repeat that the universities and people concerned should be ashamed of themselves. As I stated, the issue was in the public domain prior to the Tánaiste's appointment and has been the subject of references in the reports of the Review Body on Higher Remuneration in the Public Sector and in questions previously raised in the House. As I stated, as soon as the extent of the problem became...

Departmental Agencies (29 Sep 2010)

Seán Haughey: In Ireland, selected FÁS activities are co-financed by the European Social Fund and the Exchequer under the 2007-2013 Human Capital Investment Operational Programme, which has a 41% average ESF aid rate. This operational programme has an overall allocation of €375 million in European Social Fund moneys with expenditure from 1 January 2007 until 31 December 2015 being eligible for ESF...

Departmental Agencies (29 Sep 2010)

Seán Haughey: The issues of concern to the Commission related to the methodology used in respect of numbers and costs, to tendering and procurement and to the extension of contracts. These were the main issues raised by the Commission and, as I noted, processes are being put in place to deal with such matters. I hope this answers the Deputy's questions.

Departmental Agencies (29 Sep 2010)

Seán Haughey: The first area in which issues arose from this audit pertained to some documents relating to contract extensions and tendering procedures not being available for inspection at the time of the audit. This will require a substitution of expenditure of €20,040 or 0.1% of the total claim. The second and main area in which the issues arose related to the accrual accountancy methodology used by...

Departmental Agencies (29 Sep 2010)

Seán Haughey: There are certainly legacy issues in FÁS that need to be and which are being addressed by the new director general, the new chairman of the board, the new board and the Minister for Education and Skills.

Departmental Agencies (29 Sep 2010)

Seán Haughey: A parliamentary question that is to be taken later deals with contracted training, particularly in the north east. Deputy O'Dowd raised this issue in the context of Question No. 102. In the vast majority of cases in regard to contracted training and the issue of certificates, it was not a case of corruption or malpractice.

Departmental Agencies (29 Sep 2010)

Seán Haughey: It was a case of problems in regard to the methodologies——

Departmental Agencies (29 Sep 2010)

Seán Haughey: With respect to Deputy O'Dowd, I am entitled to my time in which to reply.

Departmental Agencies (29 Sep 2010)

Seán Haughey: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle.