Further Education and Training Act 2013
Number 25 of 2013
FURTHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING ACT 2013
REVISED
Updated to 12 November 2024
This Revised Act is an administrative consolidation of the Further Education and Training 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 the Companies (Corporate Governance, Enforcement and Regulatory Provisions) Act 2024 (44/2024), enacted 12 November 2024, and all statutory instruments up to and including the Industrial Training (Robotics and Automation Industry) Order 2024 (S.I. No. 757 of 2024), made 12 November 2024, were considered in the preparation of this Revised Act.
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Number 25 of 2013
FURTHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING ACT 2013
REVISED
Updated to 12 November 2024
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
Preliminary and General
Section
1. Short title and commencement.
An tSeirbhís Oideachais Leanúnaigh agus Scileanna
6. Establishment of An tSeirbhís Oideachais Leanúnaigh agus Scileanna.
8. Conferral of additional functions on An tSeirbhís.
9. Further education and training strategy.
10. Membership of An tSeirbhís.
11. Conditions of office of members of An tSeirbhís.
12. Casual vacancies among members of An tSeirbhís.
13. Remuneration of members of An tSeirbhís.
15. Membership of either House of Oireachtas or European Parliament.
16. Disclosure by members of An tSeirbhís of certain interests.
17. Disclosure by members of staff of An tSeirbhís of certain interests.
18. Prohibition on unauthorised disclosure of confidential information.
22. Borrowings by An tSeirbhís.
24. Functions of chief executive.
25. Accountability of chief executive to Public Accounts Committee.
26. Accountability of chief executive to other Oireachtas Committees.
28. Transfer of staff to An tSeirbhís.
34. Protection of persons who report certain matters.
35. Prohibition on penalisation.
Dissolution of An Foras Áiseanna Saothair
37. Dissolution of An Foras Áiseanna Saothair.
38. Transfer of functions to An tSeirbhís.
39. Transfer of land and other property.
41. Liability for loss occurring before establishment day.
42. Provisions consequent upon transfer of functions, assets and liabilities to An tSeirbhís.
43. Final accounts and final annual report of dissolved body.
44. Saver in respect of certain schemes.
Miscellaneous
46. Transfer of staff from An tSeirbhís to training body.
47. Transfer of land and other property to education and training boards.
49. Provisions consequent upon transfer of functions, assets and liabilities to An tSeirbhís.
50. Amendment of Freedom of Information Act 1997.
Redress for Contravention of section 35
Acts Referred to
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1990, No. 33 |
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1993, No. 8 |
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1981, No. 11 |
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2013, No. 11 |
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1995, No. 22 |
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1997, No. 2 |
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1997, No. 13 |
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1987, No. 15 |
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Minimum Notice and Terms of Employment Acts 1973 to 2005 |
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2000, No. 41 |
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1997, No. 20 |
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2003, No. 29 |
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2001, No. 45 |
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Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Act 2012 |
2012, No. 37 |
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Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) Act 2012 |
2012, No. 28 |
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1967, No. 21 |
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Redundancy Payments Acts 1967 to 2007 |
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2005, No. 10 |
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2010, No. 37 |
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Unfair Dismissals Acts 1977 to 2007 |
Number 25 of 2013
FURTHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING ACT 2013
REVISED
Updated to 12 November 2024
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A BODY TO BE KNOWN AS AN tSEIRBHÍS OIDEACHAIS LEANÚNAIGH AGUS SCILEANNA; TO PROVIDE FOR THE DISSOLUTION OF AN FORAS ÁISEANNA SAOTHAIR AND THE TRANSFER OF ITS FUNCTIONS TO THE SAID BODY; TO PROVIDE FOR THE CONFERRAL OF OTHER FUNCTIONS ON THE SAID BODY; TO REPEAL THE LABOUR SERVICES ACT 1987; AND TO PROVIDE FOR MATTERS CONNECTED THEREWITH.
[10th July, 2013]
BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:
Annotations
Modifications (not altering text):
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Functions transferred and references construed (21.10.2020) by Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2020 (S.I. No. 451 of 2020), arts. 2, 3(1)(a), (2) and sch., in effect as per art. 1(2), subject to transitional provisions in arts. 4-8.
2. (1) The administration and business in connection with the exercise, performance or execution of any functions transferred by this Order are transferred to the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science.
(2) References to the Department of Education and Skills contained in any Act or any instrument made under such Act and relating to any administration and business transferred by paragraph (1) shall, from the commencement of this Order, be construed as references to the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science.
3. (1) The functions vested in the Minister for Education and Skills -
(a) by or under the Acts specified in Part 1 of the Schedule, and
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are transferred to the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science.
(2) References to the Minister for Education and Skills contained in any Act or instrument made under such Act and relating to any functions transferred by paragraph (1) shall, from the commencement of this Order, be construed as references to the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science.
SCHEDULE
Article 3
Part 1
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Further Education and Training Act 2013 (No. 25 of 2013)
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Editorial Notes:
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Chief Executive officer of An tSeirbhís Oideachais Leanúnaigh agus Scileanna (Further Education and Training Authority) prescribed as the recipient of disclosures of relevant wrongdoings in relation to all matters relating to the regulation, registration, employment and education of apprentices as provided for in the Act (23.07.2014) by Protected Disclosures Act 2014 (Section 7(2)) Order 2014 (SI. No. 339 of 2014), art. 2 and sch. ref. 2.