Validation in up to 15 Fás courses under review

FÁS has admitted that it is concerned about the validity of qualifications in up to 15 more courses run at its training centre in Dundalk, Co Louth.

The director general of the beleaguered State training agency, Paul O’Toole, said yesterday it was examining the certification and assessment process of between 10 and 15 courses after it emerged results had been falsified in several other courses.

Mr O’Toole said these courses were run by a different contractor than the company at the centre of a similar controversy over standards and certification which broke out earlier this week.