Bernard Allen (Cork North Central, Fine Gael)
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Question 120: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the budget for FÁS for 2006 and for the years 1997 to 2005 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23895/06]

Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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A budget of €974.375 million has been allocated to FÁS for 2006. Expenditure by FÁS for the years 1997 to 2005 was as follows:

Funding has almost doubled over the period. While some of this increase is due to inflation, the vast bulk of it reflects both increases in social welfare allowances, to which training allowances are linked, and an expansion in training and employment programmes.