Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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Question 93: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will detail all FÁS courses which are currently taking place or which have taken place in a school (details supplied) in Dublin 16 since September 2008; in respect of each course, under whose aegis such course is or was held; and in respect of each course, if it is or was part time or full time, the number of hours duration per day and if daytime or evening. [47115/10]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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Question 94: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will detail all moneys paid out in respect of FÁS courses held in a school (details supplied) in Dublin 16 from September 2008 to date in 2010; to whom such moneys were paid; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47116/10]

Seán Haughey (Dublin North Central, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 93 and 94 together.

The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the following table.

Contracts are paid on a per capita basis; this means that there is a set fee for each participant based on a minimum number of trainees. The fees are reduced when the number falls below the set minimum level. Furthermore, each contract is subject to stipulated placement targets – both at the conclusion of the course and 4-6 months after its completion. FÁS retains a percentage of the contractor fee which becomes payable when these targets have been met.

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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Question 95: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills whether she has any concerns about adults who have not been vetted attending FÁS courses in a school (details supplied) in Dublin 16 when pupils are attending the school and her policy applicable to such arrangements. [47117/10]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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My Department issued a circular to all school authorities in late 2005 urging trustees and Boards of Management to make their facilities available, where possible, for community education and recreation purposes.

It appears that the school in question is making some of its school facilities available for the running of FÁS courses.

Decisions in relation to the use of school facilities are at the discretion of the school authorities, subject to the condition that the needs of the students attending the school are prioritised in the first instance. School authorities must always be cognisant of their responsibility to provide a duty of care towards the pupils in the school. It is therefore essential that the Board has appropriate measures in place to safeguard the welfare and safety of its pupils.

In relation to vetting, the current arrangements for vetting of teaching and non-teaching staff are set out in Department Circular 0094/2006 which is available on my Department's website. My Department has also recently issued a new circular (0063/2010) which updates and expands the garda vetting requirements for all primary and post-primary schools. The requirements of this circular are effective from 1 January 2011.