Minister Quinn gives Oireachtas Committee opportunity to input into legislation to establish new Education and Training Boards [merrionstreet.ie]
- Published: 17 October 2011
The Minister for Education and Skills, Ruairí Quinn T.D., announced today that following approval of the Government he has referred the General Scheme of an Education and Training Boards Bill to the Joint Committee on Jobs, Social Protection and Education.
Education and Training Boards will take over the work of the VECs and will have an expanded role in the delivery of further education and training across the country.
Announcing the move, Minister Quinn said, “This new Bill will consolidate the existing nine Vocational Education Acts and will reflect the enhanced future role of the Sector.”
The new Bill is a substantial piece of legislation with ten parts, five schedules and over 60 sections.
It provides for the legal establishment of the new Education and Training Boards, sets out the functions of the boards, taking account of the development of the sector over the years, and it facilitates further enhancement of the role of the sector into the future including its proposed role in relation to SOLAS.
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