Gardaí to probe fund’s missing millions

THE Garda investigation into the controversial €2.35 million SIPTU training fund will focus on up to €1m of the fund which remains unaccounted for.

As well as lodging a formal complaint with gardaí, HSE chief executive Brendan Drumm has begun an internal investigation into the compliance and governance arrangements his organisation put in place to administer the €60m SKILL programme, of which the €2.35m was just a part.

The Department of Health has confirmed it is carrying out a review of its involvement in the scheme and it will examine which of its officials went overseas as part of the programme.