Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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Question 238: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, in view of Parliamentary Questions Nos. 476 and 532 of 4 of November 2008, all of the existing staff employed in the three bodies to be amalgamated (details supplied) will be retained in the new amalgamated body; the staff numbers in each of the three bodies as they stood before the decision to amalgamate them was made; the Civil Service grades for each of these staff numbers in table format; the schedule for the amalgamation of the three bodies; the predicted staffing numbers for the newly amalgamated organisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40373/08]

Batt O'Keeffe (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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Staff numbers for the National Qualifications Authority of Ireland, the Higher Education and Training Awards Council and the Further Education and Training Awards Council, broken down by grade, are in the following table. The staffing requirements of the new agency have not yet been determined. Work on the detailed functions of the organisation has begun and the process of administrative planning will follow. However, it is anticipated that some economies will arise from the amalgamation.

With regard to the schedule for the amalgamation of the three bodies, my Department will prepare a paper on the amalgamation which will be the subject of public consultation in the first half of next year. This will inform the necessary legislation that will be published in the second half of 2009. This would facilitate the establishment of the new organisation towards the end of 2010.