Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 28:

In page 25, subsection (1), line 9, to delete "Each" and substitute "Subject to section 9(5), each".

This amendment makes the composition of the new boards subject to section 9(5) of the Bill, which provides that members of VECs holding office immediately before the establishment of education and training boards will automatically become members of those boards and will remain in office until the next local elections. This means that for the interim period, the boards will be larger than the standard 18-person boards envisaged under section 28.