Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)

I have decided to maintain a number of sub-offices where staff redeployment from the head office of an existing VEC to the head office of the relevant education and training board is precluded by the distance as provided for under the Croke Park agreement, which is 45 km. The chief executive officer of the new education and training board will be responsible for the deployment of staff of the board and must figure out how particular administrative functions are arranged between the head office and any sub-offices, having regard to the skills and experience of the staff concerned. The CEO is best placed to judge the optimum approach to service delivery. The establishment of SOLAS is also likely to have a bearing on the precise arrangements to be made.

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