Mr. Ted Owens:

The chief executive officer between 1996 and 2010 has retired. When the ETB was formed, the former acting chief executive officer reverted to her former position, education officer. Some time later, I was contacted by Education and Training Boards Ireland to know if I would be prepared to second the education officer to work on a project called, Instructional Leadership, which is a programme to improve teaching and learning in the classroom. Ms Russell had been spearheading that particular project. She is now working full-time with ETBI, following approval by the Department of Education and Skills, on the Instructional Leadership programme and the EDISON programme, which is a European programme that aims to develop entrepreneurial education.