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Govt Forgets Jobs in Reshuffle

23. 3. 2010

FÁS now split between three Departments   No Department for Employment or Jobs   Fine Gael Enterprise, Trade and Employment Spokesperson Leo Varadkar TD, who is speaking in the Dáil [...]

Varadkar calls for total overhaul of FÁS following further revelations

12. 1. 2010

Image via Wikipedia FÁS should be overhauled, given a new slimmed-down remit and rebranded after further revelations about wrongdoing in the State agency were revealed in 22 audit reports released [...]

FG Youth Jobs Plan Will Reduce by 1/3rd Numbers of u25s on Live Register

2. 12. 2009

Image via Wikipedia FG Plan to reduce youth dole by a third   A set of Fine Gael proposals targeting youth unemployment will reduce by 1/3rd the numbers of under [...]

Ireland on cusp of long-term unemployment timebomb

27. 11. 2009

Image via Wikipedia Jobs, jobs, jobs must be at heart of next Budget   Fine Gael Enterprise Spokesman Leo Varadkar TD has warned that Ireland is on the cusp of [...]

Lenihan misled Dáil on Molloy pension pay-off

13. 10. 2009

Image by nerosunero via Flickr Finance Minister Brian Lenihan misled the Dáil by claiming that Rody Molloy’s €1.1 million golden handshake was within official guidelines, when internal Department of Finance [...]

As Coughlan ‘fesses up over Rody Molloy car – did she approve?

8. 10. 2009

Speaking after Tánaiste Mary Coughlan confessed in the Dáil that she knew about plans to allow disgraced former FÁS director general Rody Molloy to keep his car, Fine Gael Enterprise [...]

Govt in disarray on FÁS

2. 10. 2009

Image via Wikipedia Deep divisions have emerged between the Taoiseach and the Tánaiste over whether to back the FÁS Board, according to Fine Gael Enterprise Spokesman Leo Varadkar TD.   [...]

Call for Tanaiste to clarify Molloy deal

27. 9. 2009

Varadkar calls for clarification from Tanaiste on legal threat aspect to Molloy deal   Fine Gael Enterprise, Trade & Employment Spokesperson, Leo Varadkar TD today (Sunday) called on Tanaiste Mary [...]

FAS executives must join Board at exit

11. 9. 2009

Any clear-out of FÁS apparatchiks must include the senior executives who allowed massive amounts of taxpayers’ money to be wasted on first class flights, expensive hotels and pointless advertising campaigns, [...]

FÁS heads must roll after C&AG reveals shocking waste

10. 9. 2009

This is one report too many – Coughlan must take action at executive level Heads must roll on the FÁS board and at senior executive level after the C&AG report [...]