Alan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour)
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174. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the job specification that was advertised for the first chief executive of Tipperary ETB. [41373/17]

Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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The establishment of 16 ETBs, through the merger of the former 33 VECs created a situation where there was not a sufficient number of posts at the Grade of Chief Executive to accommodate all of the existing post holders who had been appointed in a permanent capacity.

To address the redeployment of surplus post holders and in accordance with Government policy, my Department entered into an agreement with SIPTU, the trade union which represented the Chief Executive Officers (CEO) of VECs, on a redeployment scheme for CEOs in the context of the Croke Park agreement. This scheme was used, in the first instance, to determine the appointment of Chief Executives to the new Education and Training Boards, following the enactment of the relevant legislation.

In accordance with the agreed redeployment scheme and with the provisions of the Education and Training Boards Act 2013, the Minister of the day designated the first chief executive of each of the ETBs, including Tipperary Education and Training Board.  Consequently, no job specification was advertised for the first chief executive of Tipperary ETB.

The functions of the Chief Executive of an ETB are set out in the Education and Training Boards Act, 2013