Diarmuid Wilson (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I second the amendment to the Order of Business, proposed by Senator Brian Ó Domhnaill. As Senator Hildegarde Naughton has done, I ask the Leader to invite the Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy Ruairí Quinn, to give the House an update on the success or otherwise of the amalgamation of the former vocational education committees into education and training boards. It is important he would give us a report in this regard. I am aware there have been difficulties in some of the education and training boards, particularly in the five that do not have training centres located within their jurisdiction. There is a difficulty in respect of the allocation of the necessary funding for staff to provide such training and some other minor difficulties. It is important the Minister comes in to give us an update on the success or otherwise of the amalgamation.