Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 17 September 2014
1233. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding efforts to ensure that the staff of a centre (details supplied) in County Cork will receive their ex gratia redundancy payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32966/14]
View answerCommunity Training Centres (CTCs) are funded through SOLAS and the Education and Training Boards. They are managed and operated by independent local Boards of Management. The staff are employed by these groups and my Department does not have a direct role in staffing and employment issues relating to these bodies. I understand from the Cork Education and Training Board that the decision to close the Community Training Centre referred to by the Deputy was taken by the CTC Board of Management and that statutory redundancy was paid to the former employees. Guidance had been sought by SOLAS on the payment of enhanced redundancy to employees of CTCs and approval has now been given by my Department to SOLAS to fund enhanced redundancy payments to persons who meet the criteria set out in existing agreements.
