Vol. 503 No. 1
133 Mr. U. Burke asked the Minister for Education and Science if he will grant an upgraded position of assistant principal officer to County Galway VEC senior staff officer grade three, in view of the fact that other vocational education committees have such a grade with less work load and smaller schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9349/99]
The grading structures in vocational education committees are reviewed from time to time by my Department. Any request for an improvement in the staffing structure has to be approached in the context of staffing norms in the VEC sector as a whole.
The grading structure of County Galway VEC was last reviewed in 1991 and the recommendations of that review were accepted by my Department. My Department is satisfied that the present staffing structure in the VEC is appropriate and consistent with norms in the VEC sector as a whole.
