Written answers

Wednesday, 8 October 2008

Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment

Departmental Agencies

9:00 pm

Photo of Ciarán LynchCiarán Lynch (Cork South Central, Labour)
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Question 200: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the external audits of FÁS operations which have been carried out in each year since 2000 to date in 2008; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34158/08]

Photo of Mary CoughlanMary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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The following external audits were completed for FÁS internal audit during the period:

2000 Anderson Consulting — Computer Network Audit;

2003 — Spollen Report on Services to Business;

2007 Pixalert: 1 images audit on the staff network and 4 images audits on individual training centre networks (Cabra, Finglas, Sligo and Tralee);

2008 Pixalert: image audit on the Cork Training Services network.

In addition, every year, the C & AG completes an audit in respect of the FÁS financial statements.

The FÁS Closed Scheme Pension Fund is audited annually by a private firm of auditors.

The ESF Financial Control Unit in the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment completed external audits in 2002 and 2007. Fieldwork has been carried out for a further two reports.

The EC Commission Financial Control also completed external audits in 2002 and 2007.

Photo of Ciarán LynchCiarán Lynch (Cork South Central, Labour)
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Question 201: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the changes made in FÁS operations as a result of the publication of the Spollen report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34159/08]

Photo of Mary CoughlanMary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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The Spollen Report of October 2003 is an internal FÁS report commissioned "To review the approval and administrative processes and procedures, which support the operation of the Safe Pass and Construction Skills Certification Schemes (CSCS) and any matters arising there-from; to report thereon and make recommendations as to how any deficiencies identified can be remedied.

As a result of the report FÁS and Enterprise Ireland have:

appointed an independent chairperson of the National Register of Trainers;

developed and implemented a Procedures Manual for CSCS and Safe Pass;

put a monitoring system in place to ensure compliance by trainers to the rules of the scheme; and

developed Monitoring and CSCS Trainer packs.

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