Central
- The vocational training system; and
- The provision of national programmes for young and long-term unemployed people.
The 16 Education and Training Boards (ETB) (Bord Oideachais agus Oiliúna) are statutory local education authorities.
- Deliver further education and training programmes.
Responsible ministries/bodies
Responsibilities for vocational training are shared between several ministries along the lines of different social groups and economic sectors. These include:
Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Department of Education and Skills
Regional
Regional
assemblies are involved in vocational training as it relates to the operation of
regional programmes co-funded by the EU.
Responsible ministries/bodies
Regional Assemblies
Local
Local
authorities are represented on the 16 Education and Training Boards[1]
Responsible ministries/bodies
City and county councils
Sources:
Constitution
of Ireland – BUNREACHT NA hÉIREANN
Department of Housing, Planning and Local
Government
Department
of Education and Skills
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Department of
Business, Enterprise and Innovation
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Local Government Act, 1991 (Regional
Authorities) (Establishment) Order, 1993 S.I. No. 394/1993
General
Block Exemption Regulation Training Support Scheme 2014-2020
Local
Government Act, 2001, Number 37 of 2001
Public Service Information – Citizens
Information
The Irish Regions – Brussels Office
Southern Regional Assembly
[1]They came into existence on 1 July 2013 under the Education and Training Boards Act 2013, when they replaced the existing system of Vocational Education Committees (VECs) that had been in place since 1930 including the training functions of Foras Áiseanna Saothair, the national training and employment authority, when it is dissolved towards the end of 2013.
