Brian O'Shea (Waterford, Labour)
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Question 500: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will address the concerns of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford in regard to the Waterford Crystal European Globalisation Adjustment Fund application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25354/10]

John Deasy (Waterford, Fine Gael)
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Question 505: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills when a co-ordinating agency will be appointed to manage the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund funding in respect of former Waterford Crystal workers; when the dispersal of such funding will commence; the application process for individuals applying for such funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25556/10]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 500 and 505 together.

I refer to the reply to Question Reference No. 24632 of 9th June 2010.

FÁS met with workers representatives on 11th June to inform them of the EGF situation to date. The Department is actively taking steps to identify a suitable EGF services coordinator and to establish a Steering Committee, to include workers representatives, with a view to such a Committee meeting later this month. In the interim FÁS continues to coordinate relevant EGF related measures locally.