Brian Hayes (Dublin South West, Fine Gael)
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Question 650: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress made in relation to the programme for Government proposal to ensure that the new boards of management that took up office in late 2007 had access to training and support on a wide range of issues. [28699/08]

Batt O'Keeffe (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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Intensive training for boards, for which €1 million has been set aside in the current year, took place in 2007 and 2008 including the new boards at primary level. The essential core areas that are covered in the training are Financial Management, Child Protection Guidelines, Health & Safety, Employment Law and Human Resource Management. Other areas that are covered in training include Background Information re: the Education System, Role and Function of the Board, How a BoM Operates, Policies and Procedures. All representative bodies form part of the Steering Committee for BoM training and these bodies also provide training in additional areas which they identify pertaining to their respective values.