I REFER to the letter by Brian Hopkins headlined ‘It’s time to terminate FÁS-type lifestyle’ (November 6) in which accusations were made that “Údarás na Gaeltachta was doing a FÁS with public funds... ” and which also contained allegations of ‘fraud’.

SCANDAL-HIT agency Fás paid twice as much for a new head office than a property consultant’s value, the Comptroller and Auditor General (C&AG) revealed today.

THE Central Bank has been outed as the state body which flew 52 spouses of its staff on international trips.

THE Irish Psychiatric Association (IPA) has called on the Government to clarify whether the €43 million announced in yesterday’s budget for investment in mental health projects includes money already raised through the sale of psychiatric institutions.

MAYBE it’s because we so fervently want to believe there is commitment to improving how the public and civil services do the business of this country that we prick up our ears when union bosses acknowledge reform has to be part of the response to our difficulties.

The Comptroller and Auditor General says the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse could end up costing the State as much as €136m.

THE controversial Fás Science Challenge Programme has been axed.

THE Dáil should sit for four days a week rather than three and increase its total number of sitting days by 50% a year, a comprehensive policy document on Dáil reform has argued.