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FAS Training and Employment Authority

FÁS — Training and Employment Authority, was established in January 1988, under the Labour Services Act 1987 to provide a wide range of services to the labour market in Ireland. Its functions as laid down in the Act are:



training and re-training;

designated apprenticships;

recruitment service;

employment schemes;

placement and guidance services;

assistance to community groups ;

advice for peopl returning to Ireland and those seeking employment elsewhere in the EU;

consultancy and human resource related services, on a commercial basis, outside the State (through FÁS International Consulting Ltd.)



The statutory functions of the organisation also include the collection and publication of information relating to the labour market and the provision, to the Minister, of information, reports etc. on matters within FÁS' remit.



FÁS — Training and Employment Authority is divided into 8 regions comprising 20 Training Centres and 62 Employment Offices.



In 2001 about 94,000 unemployed job-seekers or other individuals completed FÁS programmes, and, at the end of the year, 51,000 persons were on FÁS programmes.



FÁS also provided financial support for the training of an estimated 9,856 employees in about 1,856 companies.



During the year about 140,200 persons registered with FÁS and 68,000 vacancies were notified to FÁS Employment Offices.



Apprentice recruitment reached record levels with 8,100 registrations compared to a level of 7,817 in 2001 and levels of as low as 3,000 in earlier years.



In 2001 more than 50% of persons starting FÁS programmes were female.



FÁS expenditure in 2001 amounted to €821.4 million.



FÁS activities are funded by the Irish Government, the National Training Fund and the European Union.



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