Seán Ó Fearghaíl (Kildare South, Fianna Fail)
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327. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that Kildare-Wicklow Education and Training Board currently have no education officer and only one adult education officer; her views that the management structure in this region is, as a consequence, significantly deficient; if he, or his Department, has proposals as to the way the situation may be rectified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31660/14]

Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour)
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On 27th January 2014 the Department approved an acting Education Officer post in Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board (ETB) for 6 months and the ETB currently has an acting Education Officer in place. The ETB has not requested an extension to this arrangement. Kildare and Wicklow ETB also currently has two Adult Education Officers.

The Project Management Office of the Department is engaged in a project to devise future complementary organisational designs for ETBs and SOLAS in order to reflect their new roles. A consultative team has been established which includes nominees from ETBs and SOLAS. A number of meetings have taken place between the team and the Department. On foot of the meetings, the Department is in the course of preparation of a proposal document which it hopes to circulate to the consultative team shortly.