Not one graduate of €39m Fás scheme employed

A FÁS back-to-work programme cost the state almost €900,000 per person but did not result in any participant getting a job, it has emerged.

The Job Training Initiative had a budget of €39m in 2008 when 46 people completed the programme.

State advisory board Forfás has called for the programme to be ended as soon as possible as it cannot be sure if anyone has been benefiting from it.