Patrick O'Donovan (Limerick, Fine Gael)
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Question 167: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if all fees collected by FÁS for FETAC certification of the construction skills certification scheme have been paid in full to FETAC; when they were paid in full and the sum that payment amounts to since the scheme began in 2002. [22931/11]

Ciarán Cannon (Galway East, Fine Gael)
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In November 2010, FÁS and FETAC agreed the scope, waivers and payment of certification fees from April to December 2009, for 2010 and thereafter. Prior to April 2009, FÁS was not required to pay certification fees to FETAC. In March 2011 FÁS paid the full amount of monies due to FETAC for all FETAC Construction Skills Certification Scheme and Quarry Skills Certification Scheme awards, for 2009 and 2010. This amounted to €382,580.

To date for 2011, 4,033 CSCS/QSCS Awards have been issued and certificate fees amount to €80,660. Payment of these fees will be made in the final quarter of 2011.