Michael Colreavy
Question:459. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the financial contribution her Department made for the running of Education and Training Boards Ireland in 2013. [46155/14]
View answerDáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 2 December 2014
459. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the financial contribution her Department made for the running of Education and Training Boards Ireland in 2013. [46155/14]
View answer460. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the financial contribution her Department made to the running of IVEA in the years 2010 to 2013, inclusive. [46156/14]
View answer476. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the financial contribution her Department makes to the running of Education and Training Boards Ireland for 2013. [46260/14]
View answer477. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the financial contribution her Department made to the running of the Irish Vocational Education Association in the years 2010 to 2013, inclusive. [46261/14]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 459, 460, 476 and 477 together.
The Irish Vocational Education Association (IVEA) represented the interests, at a national level, of the thirty three Vocational Education Committees (VECs) until the commencement on 1 July 2013 of the Education and Training Boards Act, which dissolved the VECs and established the sixteen Education and Training Boards (ETBs). IVEA retitled itself as Education and Training Boards Ireland (ETBI) at this time and it represents ETBs and promotes their interests at a national level.
My Department provides an annual grant to ETBI, as well as funding for the post of ETBI General Secretary on a non-recoupment basis. These arrangements are in line with the practice adopted for the other school managerial bodies. Details of this funding to ETBI are set out on the table.
The Deputy should note that, from time to time, my Department facilitates secondment arrangements to ETBI for particular areas of work.
Financial contribution to the running of the IVEA/ETBI
Purpose of Funding |
2010 |
2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
Salary of General Secretary |
€141,701 |
€142,159 |
€142,568 |
€137,970 |
Annual Grant |
€177,532 |
€177,532 |
€168,656 |
€168,656 |
Total |
€321,243 |
€321,702 |
€313,236 |
€308,639 |