Seán Crowe (Dublin South West, Sinn Fein)
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Question 41: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of his plan to merge vocational education committees, if he will be carrying out an audit on the current stock of properties including rented accommodation; the contract obligations of those buildings; the financial implications of these properties and future proposals on plans for same and Government owned buildings being carried out in order to assess their suitability for future educational use. [30971/12]

Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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In November 2010, officials of my Department issued a questionnaire to each VEC. Information provided by the VECs, in response to this questionnaire indicates that 13 of the 33 VECs own their headquarter premises, while 20 rent or lease their premises. The following information sets out the position regarding the remaining term of the leases as advised by the relevant VECs.

VEC Term remaining Co Wexford 3 years and 11 months

Co Wicklow Two separate leases: (i) 7 years and 5 months and (ii) 3 years and 1 month

Co Kilkenny 15 years and 11 months

Co Kildare 4 years and 5 months

Dun Laoghaire 10 years and 5 months

Co Dublin 13 years and 5 months

City of Galway 4 years and 7 months

Co Longford 19 years and 5 months

Co Limerick 17 years and 6 month

Co Kerry 3 years and 5 months

Co Waterford 15 years and 11 months

City of Waterford 3 years and 5 months

South Tipperary 7 years and 5 months

Co Offaly 14 years and 12 months

Co Westmeath 12 years and 8 months

Co. Cavan 32 years and 5 months

Co Monaghan 12 years and 5 months

City of Cork 18 years and 8 months

Co Cork 15 years and 1 month

City of Dublin 67 years and 5 months

The Chief Executive Officer of the new Education and Training Board will be best placed to judge what the optimum approach to service delivery is and will be responsible for the deployment of property and staff of the Board. The establishment of SOLAS is also likely to have a bearing on the precise arrangements to be made.