Fás ‘to stay open’ despite latest EU fund controversy

THE Government is rejecting calls to close down Fás after the state training agency was embroiled in fresh controversy over how it used EU money.

The Government is losing out on tens of millions of euro of European Commission grants because it did not provide the EU with information it required for an audit of how Fás was spending money.

The Government has not applied for the EU social fund grant since November after failing to satisfactorily answer questions from the EU during its audit of how the money was spent.