Further Education and Training Act 2013

Number 25 of 2013

FURTHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING ACT 2013

REVISED

Updated to 25 April 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 Gas (Amendment) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2024 (11/2024), enacted 1 May 2024, and all statutory instruments up to and including the Industrial Training (Social Work Industry) Order 2024 (S.I. No. 177 of 2024), made 25 April 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 25 April 2024


ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

PART 1

Preliminary and General

Section

1. Short title and commencement.

2. Interpretation.

3. Expenses.

4. Repeals.

PART 2

An tSeirbhís Oideachais Leanúnaigh agus Scileanna

5. Establishment day.

6. Establishment of An tSeirbhís Oideachais Leanúnaigh agus Scileanna.

7. Functions of An tSeirbhís.

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.

14. Meetings and procedure.

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.

19. Directions of Minister.

20. Grants to An tSeirbhís.

21. Grants by An tSeirbhís.

22. Borrowings by An tSeirbhís.

23. Chief executive.

24. Functions of chief executive.

25. Accountability of chief executive to Public Accounts Committee.

26. Accountability of chief executive to other Oireachtas Committees.

27. Staff.

28. Transfer of staff to An tSeirbhís.

29. Superannuation.

30. Strategy statement.

31. Accounts of An tSeirbhís.

32. Annual report.

33. Gifts.

34. Protection of persons who report certain matters.

35. Prohibition on penalisation.

36. False statements.

PART 3

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.

40. Transfer of rights and liabilities, and continuation of leases, licences and permissions granted by dissolved body.

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.

PART 4

Miscellaneous

45. Definition.

46. Transfer of staff from An tSeirbhís to training body.

47. Transfer of land and other property to education and training boards.

48. Transfer of rights and liabilities, and continuation of leases, licences and permissions granted by An tSeirbhís.

49. Provisions consequent upon transfer of functions, assets and liabilities to An tSeirbhís.

50. Amendment of Freedom of Information Act 1997.

51. Amendment of section 52 of Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) Act 2012.

SCHEDULE

Redress for Contravention of section 35



Number 25 of 2013


FURTHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING ACT 2013

REVISED

Updated to 25 April 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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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.