Eamon Ryan (Dublin South, Green Party)
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Question 322: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount and detail of resources he will invest in retraining workers who have been made redundant; and the timeline he has set out for the allocation of said resources. [13623/07]

Tony Killeen (Clare, Fianna Fail)
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FAS in cooperation with other State agencies provide support and assistance for persons being made redundant. This includes, information sessions, skills analysis, training/retraining courses and job placement. One to one guidance interviews are also available which help to provide an individual response to the needs of each worker.

A budget of approximately €445 million has been allocated to FAS in 2007 for training and integration programmes. These funds are used on a variety of long and short-term training programmes, which take into account the specific needs of the participants. Redundant workers are provided with training either on specially designed courses or on existing FAS courses.