Work 'already underway' to reform FÁS practices

Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise Mary Coughlan has said work is already underway to address serious deficiencies in financial controls at FÁS.

Coughlan was responding to a report today from the Comptroller and Auditor General highlighting wasteful spending on advertising and promotion by the state training agency.

In a statement, she said FÁS had already cut its advertising budget and eliminated the use of corporate credit cards.

She also said the new FÁS director general, Paul O'Toole, would be questioned about the report by the Oireachtas Public Accounts Committee later this month.