Seanad debates

Tuesday, 25 October 2011

Vocational Education Committees

 

8:00 am

Photo of Ciarán CannonCiarán Cannon (Galway East, Fine Gael)

Senator Reilly earlier said no two VECs do things in the same way. This was acknowledged by those involved in advising the Minister on final headquarter locations when this amalgamation process began. While there were many different factors playing into each decision in each geographical area, the overriding considerations were the need to facilitate the staff to be redeployed and the need to operate at lowest cost having regard to the accommodation available in existing locations. I am not aware of the minutiae of the final elements of the decisions made in Cavan-Monaghan or elsewhere. I assure the Senator that each area was forensically analysed and the Minister, Deputy Quinn, is more than happy to stand over the decision taken on the location of the headquarters. I have no doubt that when the amalgamation process is complete the decisions taken now will prove to have been correct.

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