Joe Costello (Dublin Central, Labour)
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Question 222: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the FÁS training centre at Jervis Street, Dublin 1 is being downgraded; if planning permission has been sought for a development on the site or part thereof; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5917/06]

Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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This is a day-to-day matter for FÁS as part of its responsibilities under the Labour Services Act 1987. However, I understand from FÁS that following a review of the management structures in the FÁS Dublin region, it was agreed that, in the context of staff reductions within the organisation, the current level of training activity in the Jervis Street centre does not require the services of both a full-time training centre manager and a full-time assistant training centre manager.

The assistant training centre manager will take day-to-day responsibility for the 12 training courses that currently take place in the training centre and will in turn report to the training centre manager at Cabra, who will assume overall responsibility for training activity on the Jervis Street site. The services offered to FÁS customers will be unaffected.

The question of planning permission for the site is a matter for the proprietors of the Jervis Street building. FÁS has a lease agreement which extends to 2009 and it is the intention of the organisation to remain in this location.