John Deasy (Waterford, Fine Gael)
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Question 130: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of vocational education committees that own their headquarters; the number of VEC headquarters that rent their premises; if he will indicate which headquarters are rented; and the cost involved. [28271/11]

Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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Information provided by the VECs to my Department indicates that 13 of the 33 VECs own their headquarter premises, while 20 rent or lease their premises. The following VECs rent or lease their premises: Co. Wexford VEC; Co. Wicklow VEC; Co. Kilkenny VEC; Co. Kildare VEC; Dunlaoghaire VEC; Co. Dublin VEC; City of Galway VEC; Co. Longford VEC; Co. Limerick VEC; Co. Kerry VEC; Co. Waterford VEC; City of Waterford VEC; South Tipperary VEC; Co. Offaly VEC; Co. Westmeath VEC; Co. Cavan VEC; Co. Monaghan VEC; City of Cork VEC; Co. Cork VEC; City of Dublin VEC.

In arriving at the decision to designate the Headquarters of the amalgamated VECs, I considered a range of factors including the need to ensure that the location of a VEC headquarters will, to the greatest extent possible, facilitate staff redeployment under a redeployment scheme within the context of the Croke Park Agreement and the need to operate at lowest cost having regard to the accommodation available in existing locations.