(LRC Revised)

Number 11 of 2013

EDUCATION AND TRAINING BOARDS ACT 2013

REVISED

Updated to 1 May 2025

Changes to legislation

as of 10 July 2026, this Act is up to date with all changes known to be in force.

This Revised Act is an administrative consolidation of the

Education and Training Boards Act 2013

. It is prepared by the Law Reform Commission in accordance with its function under

the

Law Reform Commission Act 1975

(3/1975) to keep the law under review and to undertake revision and consolidation

of statute law.

All Acts up to and including

Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman (Amendment) Act 2025

(3/2025), enacted 15 April 2025, and all statutory instruments up to and

including

Youth (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2025

(S.I. No. 181 of 2025), made 29 April 2025, were considered in the preparation of

this revision.

Disclaimer: While every care has been taken in the preparation of this Revised Act,

the Law Reform Commission can assume no responsibility for and give no guarantees,

undertakings or warranties concerning the accuracy, completeness or up to date nature

of the information provided and does not accept any liability whatsoever arising from

any errors or omissions. Please notify any errors, omissions and comments by email

to

revisedacts@lawreform.ie.

Number

11

of

2013

EDUCATION AND TRAINING BOARDS ACT 2013

REVISED

Updated to 1 May 2025

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

PART 1

Preliminary and General

Section

1. Short title and commencement.

2. Interpretation.

3. Regulations and orders.

4. Repeals and revocations.

5. Expenses.

6. Service of documents.

7. Offences.

PART 2

Education and Training Boards

8. Establishment day.

9. Establishment of education and training boards.

10. Functions of education and training boards.

11. Conferral of additional functions on education and training boards.

12. Reserved functions.

13. Executive functions.

14. Chief executive.

15. Functions of chief executive.

16. Delegation of functions of chief executive.

17. Suspension and removal of chief executive by board.

18. Suspension and removal of chief executive by Minister.

19. Staff.

20. Direction of Minister.

21. Joint performance of functions of education and training boards.

22. Cooperation by education and training boards with education or training providers.

23. Function of education and training board performed outside functional area.

24. Scholarships.

25. Accountability of chief executive to Public Accounts Committee.

26. Accountability of chief executive to other Oireachtas committees.

27. Strategy statement.

28. Annual report.

29. Gifts and trusts.

PART 3

Membership of Education and Training Boards

30. Composition of education and training boards.

31. Election, appointment and term of office of members of education and training

boards.

32. Eligibility for membership of an education and training board.

33. Cesser of membership.

34. Disqualification from membership of an education and training board.

35. Offence to act when disqualified.

36. Resignation from membership.

37. Casual vacancies.

38. Expenses of members.

PART 4

Regulation of Education and Training Boards

39. Policy directions of Minister.

40. Report on operation of education and training board.

41. Directions following report on operation of an education and training board.

42. Transfer of functions of education and training boards.

43. Removal of members from office.

PART 5

Committees of Education and Training Boards

44. Committees.

45. Finance committee and audit committee.

PART 6

Finance

46. Expenditure limit.

47. Annual service plan.

48. Deposit of monies standing to credit of education and training board.

49. Powers of borrowing.

50. Fees.

51. Accounts.

52. Audit functions.

53. Acquisition, holding or disposal of land.

PART 7

Dissolution of Bodies

54. Interpretation.

55. Dissolution of vocational education committees.

56. Liability for loss occurring before establishment day.

57. Transfer of land and other property.

58. Transfer of staff.

59. Superannuation.

60. Transfer of rights and liabilities, and continuation of leases, licences and permissions.

61. Provisions consequent upon transfer of assets and liabilities.

62. Records of dissolved bodies.

63. Accounts and final annual report of dissolved bodies.

PART 8

Miscellaneous

64. Repeal of section 2(1)(

j

) of Unfair Dismissals Act 1977.

65. Repeal of section 24(13) of Act of 1998.

66. Amendment of section 13 of Act of 1998.

67. Transition for membership.

68. Transition for inquiries.

69. Saver (Regional Technical Colleges Act 1992 and Dublin Institute of Technology

Act 1992).

(Repealed)

70. Transition for scholarships.

71. Saver (Student Support Act 2011).

72. Consequential amendments to other Acts.

PART 9

Amendment of National Development Finance Agency Act 2002

73. Amendment of National Development Finance Agency Act 2002.

SCHEDULE 1

PART 1

Acts Repealed

PART 2

Statutory Instruments Revoked

SCHEDULE 2

Education and Training Boards and Education and Training Board Areas

SCHEDULE 3

Education and Training Boards

SCHEDULE 4

Composition of Education and Training Boards

SCHEDULE 5

Relevant Education and Training Boards

SCHEDULE 6

Consequential Amendments to Other Acts

Acts Referred to

Adoptive Leave Acts 1995 and 2005

Carer’s Leave Act 2001

2001, No. 19

Children Act 2001

2001, No. 24

Comptroller and Auditor General (Amendment) Act 1993

1993, No. 8

Dublin Institute of Technology Act 1992

1992, No. 15

Education Act 1998

1998, No. 51

Education (Amendment) Act 2012

2012, No. 14

Ethics in Public Office Act 1995

1995, No. 22

European Parliament Elections Act 1997

1997, No. 2

Finance Act 2002

2002, No. 5

Health Act 2004

2004, No. 42

Institutes of Technology Act 2006

2006, No. 25

Local Elections (Disclosure of Donations and Expenditure) Act 1999

1999, No. 7

Local Government Act 2001

2001, No. 37

Maternity Protection Acts 1994 and 2004

Minimum Notice and Terms of Employment Acts 1973 to 2005

Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 2011

2011, No. 10

National Development Finance Agency (Amendment) Act 2007

2007, No. 16

National Development Finance Agency Act 2002

2002, No. 29

National Treasury Management Agency (Amendment) Act 2000

2000, No. 39

Organisation of Working Time Act 1997

1997, No. 20

Parental Leave Acts 1998 and 2006

Prisons Act 2007

2007, No. 10

Protection of Employees (Fixed-Term Work) Act 2003

2003, No. 29

Protection of Employees (Part-Time Work) Act 2001

2001, No. 45

Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointments) Act 2004

2004, No. 33

Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Act 2012

2012, No. 37

Redundancy Payments Acts 1996 to 2011

Regional Technical Colleges Act 1992

1992, No. 16

Student Support Act 2011

2011, No. 4

Taxes Consolidation Act 1997

1997, No. 39

Terms of Employment (Information) Acts 1994 to 2012

Unfair Dismissals Act 1977

1977, No. 10

Unfair Dismissals Acts 1977 to 2007

Vocational Education (Amendment) Act 1944

1944, No. 9

Vocational Education (Amendment) Act 2001

2001, No. 23

Vocational Education Act 1930

1930, No. 29

Vocational Education Acts 1930 to 2006

Youth Work Act 2001

2001, No. 42

Number

11

of

2013

EDUCATION AND TRAINING BOARDS ACT 2013

REVISED

Updated to 1 May 2025

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE BETTER COORDINATION AND DELIVERY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING,

AND, FOR THAT PURPOSE TO PROVIDE FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF BODIES TO BE KNOWN AS EDUCATION

AND TRAINING BOARDS; TO PROVIDE FOR THE DISSOLUTION OF VOCATIONAL EDUCATION COMMITTEES;

TO PROVIDE FOR THE TRANSFER OF ASSETS, LIABILITIES AND STAFF OF VOCATIONAL EDUCATION

COMMITTEES TO EDUCATION AND TRAINING BOARDS; TO PROVIDE FOR THE REPEAL OF THE VOCATIONAL

EDUCATION ACTS 1930 TO 2006, THE AMENDMENT OF THE UNFAIR DISMISSALS ACT 1977, THE

NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT FINANCE AGENCY ACT 2002 AND THE EDUCATION ACT 1998, THE REVOCATION

OF CERTAIN STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS AND THE CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENT OF CERTAIN OTHER

ENACTMENTS; AND TO PROVIDE FOR RELATED MATTERS.

[8

th May

, 2013]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

PART 1

Preliminary and General

Section

1. Short title and commencement.

2. Interpretation.

3. Regulations and orders.

4. Repeals and revocations.

5. Expenses.

6. Service of documents.

7. Offences.

PART 2

Education and Training Boards

8. Establishment day.

9. Establishment of education and training boards.

10. Functions of education and training boards.

11. Conferral of additional functions on education and training boards.

12. Reserved functions.

13. Executive functions.

14. Chief executive.

15. Functions of chief executive.

16. Delegation of functions of chief executive.

17. Suspension and removal of chief executive by board.

18. Suspension and removal of chief executive by Minister.

19. Staff.

20. Direction of Minister.

21. Joint performance of functions of education and training boards.

22. Cooperation by education and training boards with education or training providers.

23. Function of education and training board performed outside functional area.

24. Scholarships.

25. Accountability of chief executive to Public Accounts Committee.

26. Accountability of chief executive to other Oireachtas committees.

27. Strategy statement.

28. Annual report.

29. Gifts and trusts.

PART 3

Membership of Education and Training Boards

30. Composition of education and training boards.

31. Election, appointment and term of office of members of education and training

boards.

32. Eligibility for membership of an education and training board.

33. Cesser of membership.

34. Disqualification from membership of an education and training board.

35. Offence to act when disqualified.

36. Resignation from membership.

37. Casual vacancies.

38. Expenses of members.

PART 4

Regulation of Education and Training Boards

39. Policy directions of Minister.

40. Report on operation of education and training board.

41. Directions following report on operation of an education and training board.

42. Transfer of functions of education and training boards.

43. Removal of members from office.

PART 5

Committees of Education and Training Boards

44. Committees.

45. Finance committee and audit committee.

PART 6

Finance

46. Expenditure limit.

47. Annual service plan.

48. Deposit of monies standing to credit of education and training board.

49. Powers of borrowing.

50. Fees.

51. Accounts.

52. Audit functions.

53. Acquisition, holding or disposal of land.

PART 7

Dissolution of Bodies

54. Interpretation.

55. Dissolution of vocational education committees.

56. Liability for loss occurring before establishment day.

57. Transfer of land and other property.

58. Transfer of staff.

59. Superannuation.

60. Transfer of rights and liabilities, and continuation of leases, licences and permissions.

61. Provisions consequent upon transfer of assets and liabilities.

62. Records of dissolved bodies.

63. Accounts and final annual report of dissolved bodies.

PART 8

Miscellaneous

64. Repeal of section 2(1)(

j

) of Unfair Dismissals Act 1977.

65. Repeal of section 24(13) of Act of 1998.

66. Amendment of section 13 of Act of 1998.

67. Transition for membership.

68. Transition for inquiries.

69. Saver (Regional Technical Colleges Act 1992 and Dublin Institute of Technology

Act 1992).

(Repealed)

70. Transition for scholarships.

71. Saver (Student Support Act 2011).

72. Consequential amendments to other Acts.

PART 9

Amendment of National Development Finance Agency Act 2002

73. Amendment of National Development Finance Agency Act 2002.

SCHEDULE 1

PART 1

Acts Repealed

PART 2

Statutory Instruments Revoked

SCHEDULE 2

Education and Training Boards and Education and Training Board Areas

SCHEDULE 3

Education and Training Boards

SCHEDULE 4

Composition of Education and Training Boards

SCHEDULE 5

Relevant Education and Training Boards

SCHEDULE 6

Consequential Amendments to Other Acts

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of

2013