In brief: New government department is to take charge of troubled FAS agency [Independent.ie]
- Published: 11 April 2010
The troubled government training agency Fas is about to be ejected from the restructured Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment.
The Sunday Independent has learnt that the majority of the tasks undertaken by Fas -- the education and training sections -- will now be almost entirely concentrated in the Department of Education, headed by its old boss, Tanaiste Mary Coughlan. The section dealing with 'social protection' will go to the department headed by Eamon O Cuiv. Labour TD Ruairi Quinn said: "Fas appears to be following the Tanaiste around like the Ancient Mariner."
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