Education and Training Boards Staff

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 15 July 2014

Tuesday, 15 July 2014

Ceisteanna (327)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

Ceist:

327. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that Kildare-Wicklow Education and Training Board currently has no education officer and only one adult education officer; her views on whether the management structure in this region is, as a consequence, significantly deficient; if she or her Department has proposals as to the way the matter may be rectified; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31660/14]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Education and Skills

On 27th January 2014 the Department approved an acting Education Officer post in Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board (ETB) for 6 months and the ETB currently has an acting Education Officer in place. The ETB has not requested an extension to this arrangement. Kildare and Wicklow ETB also currently has two Adult Education Officers.The Project Management Office of the Department is engaged in a project to devise future complementary organisational designs for ETBs and SOLAS in order to reflect their new roles. A consultative team has been established which includes nominees from ETBs and SOLAS. A number of meetings have taken place between the team and the Department. On foot of the meetings, the Department is in the course of preparation of a proposal document which it hopes to circulate to the consultative team shortly.