Further questions for FÁS after 2-day Mount Juliet board meeting

FÁS has defended its spending record after it emerged the agency held a two-day board meeting in a luxury €300 per night hotel last week.

The meeting took place in the Mount Juliet Hotel, Kilkenny, just days after the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Mary Coughlan, ordered an investigation into spending at the agency.

News of the junket has prompted the Labour party to question whether the state’s employment and training agency is fit for purpose.