Brian Hayes (Dublin South West, Fine Gael)
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Question 133: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of the 30,000 additional places in training for the unemployed and apprenticeships identified in Building Ireland's Smart Economy: A Framework for Sustainable Economic Renewal report that have come on-line since December 2008; and if there is scope for this number to be expanded in the future. [43125/09]

Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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This year I have quadrupled the number of trainees who FÁS can support to over 104,000. This is significantly above the additional 30,000 training places for the unemployed identified in the report, Building Ireland's Smart Economy. The scale of this increase reflects the Government's commitment in responding to the present unemployment levels.