Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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Question 47: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason FÁS has not progressed a person (details supplied) beyond level 5 of their plumbing apprenticeship, despite their being eligible for advancement and having served over 200 weeks of their apprenticeship; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30338/11]

Ciarán Cannon (Galway East, Fine Gael)
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My Department contacted FÁS about the apprenticeship status of the person in question. FÁS advised that the FÁS system had not identified this person as an Apprentice that required a FÁS intervention. FÁS informed my Department that the person finished his Phase 4 training on 18th March, 2011, but that he remained identified on the FÁS apprenticeship system as employed. When an apprentice is made redundant the apprentice or employer must notify FÁS immediately.

Had the FÁS system indicated that the person was redundant he would have been referred by the FÁS South East Region for processing under the Redundant Apprentice Placement Scheme (RAPS).

FÁS advises that the person should contact FÁS Training Centre (Mr. Brendan Kennedy), Baldoyle Industrial Estate, Baldoyle, Dublin 13, Phone 01 8167400, to confirm that he is redundant and to have his status updated on the system. I understand that FÁS may have a placement for him with a local authority.