Education and Training Boards Administration

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 19 October 2017

Thursday, 19 October 2017

Questions (73)

Alan Kelly

Question:

73. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a copy of Tipperary ETB audit committee minutes in each of the years 2013 to 2016 and to date in 2017. [44329/17]

Written answers

Minister for Education and Skills

Audit committees in Education and Training Boards (ETBs) are established and operate in accordance with the Education and Training Boards Act 2013 and the framework for risk management, accountability, internal control and internal audit as set out in the 2015 Code of Governance for the ETBs. 

The Code provides detailed terms of reference for audit committees including mission, role and function as well as procedures in relation to minutes. The procedures state that the minutes of the audit committee are to be kept securely and are not to be made available other than to members of the audit committee. Accordingly, it would not be appropriate for me to facilitate the request from the Deputy.