Education and Training Board
An Education and Training Board is a statutory local education body in the Republic of Ireland that administers some secondary education, most adult education and a very small amount of primary education in the state. They came into existence on 1 July 2013, when they replaced the existing system of Vocational Education Committees that had been in place since 1930. In addition to taking over the responsibilities of VECs, ETBs took on the training functions of Foras Áiseanna Saothair, the national training and employment authority, when it was dissolved in 2013.
Education and Training Boards Ireland is the national representative association for the sixteen Education and Training Boards.
Number and constitution
There are 16 ETBS, replacing 33 VECs. On formation the existing VEC members became members of the replacement boards.Each board has 21 members:
- 12 local authority representatives
- 2 staff representatives
- 2 parents' representatives
- 5 members from bodies representing community/business interests: one community/business interest representative must be drawn from business, industry and employers; one from learners' representative bodies and one must be representative of "bodies connected to school management or leadership".
| ETB | Former VECs | Headquarters | Website |
| Cavan and Monaghan ETB | County Cavan VEC, County Monaghan VEC | Monaghan, sub-office in Cavan Town | |
| City of Dublin ETB | City of Dublin VEC | Ballsbridge | |
| Cork ETB | City of Cork VEC, County Cork VEC | Greater Cork | |
| Dublin and Dún Laoghaire ETB | County Dublin VEC, Dún Laoghaire VEC | Tallaght | |
| Donegal ETB | County Donegal VEC | Letterkenny | |
| Galway and Roscommon ETB | City of Galway VEC, County Galway VEC, County Roscommon VEC | Athenry, sub-office in Roscommon Town | |
| Kerry ETB | County Kerry VEC | Tralee | |
| Kildare and Wicklow ETB | County Kildare VEC, County Wicklow VEC | Naas, sub-office in Wicklow | |
| Kilkenny and Carlow ETB | County Carlow VEC, County Kilkenny VEC | Carlow Town | |
| Laois and Offaly ETB | County Laois VEC, County Offaly VEC | Portlaoise | |
| Limerick and Clare ETB | City of Limerick VEC, County Limerick VEC, County Clare VEC | Greater Limerick | |
| Longford and Westmeath ETB | County Longford VEC, County Westmeath VEC | Mullingar | |
| Louth and Meath ETB | County Louth VEC, County Meath VEC | Drogheda | |
| Mayo, Sligo and Leitrim ETB | County Leitrim VEC, County Mayo VEC, County Sligo VEC | Castlebar, sub-offices in Sligo and Carrick-on-Shannon | |
| Tipperary ETB | North Tipperary VEC, South Tipperary VEC | Nenagh, sub-office in Clonmel | |
| Wexford and Waterford ETB | County Wexford VEC, County Waterford VEC, City of Waterford VEC | Wexford, sub-offices in Dungarvan and Waterford |