WITH the government having not applied for any funding for FAS over the last 10 months, the chairman of the public accounts committee, Bernard Allen, has described the future of the State agency as “ominous” and “a very worrying development”.
Just last year the EU carried out a number of audit checks on the training agency and said that a number of issues were to be resolved before any more funds would become available.
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AS many children and teenagers make the return to school, the ISPCC has said that the waiting lists for its Teenfocus service are at an all time high. The service helps teenagers with the transition to secondary school, during crisis points such as bullying or when a young person refuses to attend school. The first six months of this year saw 317 referrals received and currently has a waiting list of 119 families.
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UNDER the supervision of Sgt John Delaney, two new CCTV cameras which monitor the Steamboat Quay skatepark and surrounding area, are now fully operational. Confirming to the Limerick Post that the cameras, which have been installed to Garda specification, are compatible with the existing Garda CCTV system, Brendan MacKernan, of City Hall’s Community & Enterprise Department, revealed the cameras are linked directly into the control room of Henry Street Garda Control Room, under the direct supervision of Sgt Delaney. Installation was funded by Limerick City Council’s Community & Enterprise Department and the specialist works involved were carried out by the Limerick-based CCTV company, Advanced Monitoring Ltd. Acknowledging the co-operation of the gardai in assisting with the initiative, Pat Dowling, Director of service with Limerick City Council, said that the CCTV will facilitate the safer enjoyment of the skatepark, as a very important recreational amenity for the youth of the city.
