€10m training agency cut ‘disastrous’

MOVES by Tánaiste Mary Coughlan to slash e10 million from a retraining scheme were branded disastrous by opposition parties last night.

The Skillnets agency, which funds training in the workplace, has seen its budget cut a third to e16.7m.

Fine Gael enterprise spokesman, Leo Varadkar, claimed the employment minister went for an easy target rather than tackle scandal-hit Fás.