Donie Cassidy (Fianna Fail)

Senators Fitzgerald, O'Toole, Kelly, Boyle, Coghlan, Regan, Hanafin, Ross, Healy Eames and O'Reilly called for various debates. The Tánaiste has issued a statement confirming that she had received notice of the resignation of the director general of FÁS, Mr. Rody Molloy. She thanked him for his many years of public service in the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment and as the director general of FÁS for the past eight years. She stated that his major contribution to the development of FÁS included significant changes in the organisation as the State's employment and training agency.

I wish to inform the House that the debate requested of me in recent weeks will occur next Tuesday afternoon after the Order of Business. I also wish to inform the House that an all-day debate on the economy will occur on Friday, 5 December.