Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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157. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost for the establishment of a separate ETB with a remit for the national schools and second level colleges under the patronage of the ETB teaching through the medium of Irish; and the estimated full-year cost. [37373/24]

Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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ETBs were established in July 2013 under the provisions of the Education and Training Boards Act, 2013.

This legislation which provided for the dissolution of the 33 VECs and their replacement with 16 ETBs marked the most significant legislative and structural reform of the education and training sector in the history of the State.

This legislation does not allow for the establishment of any additional ETBs or for the establishment of an ETB that only caters for schools.

While schools are a very important aspect of every ETB’s statutory role, ETBs are under statute also required to be involved in much more, and, for example, have significant statutory duties in the delivery of further education and training and in youth services.

The type of ETB referred to by the Deputy cannot exist under the existing legislative framework and accordingly it is not possible to provide a costing for same.