O'Keeffe to slash number of VECs by third [Independent.ie]
- Published: 16 February 2010
PLANS to slash the number of Vocational Education Committees (VECs) by more than a third will be brought before the cabinet within weeks, the Irish Independent has learned.
Education Minister Batt O'Keeffe is putting the finishing touches to severe cost-cutting measures that will see the number of VECs cut from 33 to around 20.
The move, which will anger some Fianna Fail backbenchers and councillors, had been recommended by Colm McCarthy's Bord Snip Nua report, which said the move would save €3m.
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