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

From memory, there are five more CEOs than there are formally established ETBs, of which there are 16. There is a surplus. The panel of existing CEOs has been frozen. Different jobs have been contracted for current CEOs who, as they did not qualify under the process of selection, will no longer be super CEOs in the new configuration. It was a combination of seniority and choice. This number of established, permanent CEOs will be given other posts as we make the transition from the 33 VECs into the 16 ETBs. I signed off on these posts in principle. It is on a voluntary basis and there have been discussions with the CEOs in question.

When vacancies occur on the new 16 ETBs, they will be filled from the declining panel of existing established CEOs. Existing acting CEOs will revert to their previous levels of employment. In some cases, education officers were acting up. When the new super CEO enters into office following the confirmation of the body's commissioning by me, the acting CEO will revert to the position from which he or she had been elevated.

When all of the confirmed CEOs on the panel have retired or been accommodated, super CEO vacancies in the new ETBs will be open to competition in the normal way.