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An Education and Training Board (ETB) (Irish: Bord Oideachais agus Oiliúna) 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 (VECs) that had been in place since 1930. In addition to taking over the responsibilities of VECs, ETBs are due to take on the training functions of Foras Áiseanna Saothair (FÁS),the national training and employment authority, when it is dissolved towards the end of 2013.

Number and constitution

There are 16 ETBS, replacing 33 VECs. On formation the existing VEC members became members of the replacement boards. The membership will change following the next Irish local government elections, due to be held in May 2014.

Each board will have 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	Location of headquarters	Website
Cavan and Monaghan ETB	County Cavan VEC, County Monaghan VEC	Monaghan, sub-office in Cavan Town	www.cmetb.ie [1] (domain registered but not in use as of 3 July 2013)
City of Dublin ETB	City of Dublin VEC	Ballsbridge	www.cdetb.ie [2]
Cork ETB	City of Cork VEC, County Cork VEC	Greater Cork	www.corketb.ie [3]
Dublin and Dún Laoghaire ETB	County Dublin VEC, Dún Laoghaire VEC	Tallaght	www.ddletb.ie [4]
Donegal ETB	County Donegal VEC	Letterkenny	www.donegaletb.ie [5]
Galway and Roscommon ETB	City of Galway VEC, County Galway VEC, County Roscommon VEC	Athenry, sub-office in Roscommon Town	www.gretb.ie [6]
Kerry ETB	County Kerry VEC	Tralee	www.kerryetb.ie [7]
Kildare and Wicklow ETB	County Kildare VEC, County Wicklow VEC	Naas with sub-office in Wicklow	www.kwetb.ie [8]
Kilkenny and Carlow ETB	County Carlow VEC, County Kilkenny VEC	Carlow Town	www.kcetb.ie [9] (domain registered but not in use as of 4 July 2013)
Laois and Offaly ETB	County Laois VEC, County Offaly VEC	Portlaoise	www.laoisoffalyetb.ie [10] (domain registered but not in use as of 4 July 2013)
Limerick and Clare ETB	City of Limerick VEC, County Limerick VEC, County Clare VEC	Greater Limerick	As of 3 July 2013 the existing VEC websites, www.clvec.ie [11], www.limerickvec.ie [12] and www.clarevec.ie [13] remain in operation while a dedicated website is being completed.
Longford and Westmeath ETB	County Longford VEC, County Westmeath VEC	Mullingar	As of 4 July 2013 the two VEC websites www.longfordvec.com [14] and www.westmeathvec.ie [15] continue in operation while a new website is developed.
Louth and Meath ETB	County Louth VEC, County Meath VEC	Drogheda	www.lmetb.ie [16] (domain registered but not in use as of 4 July 2013)
Mayo, Sligo and Leitrim ETB	County Leitrim VEC, County Mayo VEC, County Sligo VEC	Castlebar, sub-offices in Sligo and Carrick-on-Shannon	www.msletb.ie [17]
Tipperary ETB	North Tipperary VEC, South Tipperary VEC	Nenagh with sub-office in Clonmel	The VEC websites www.tippsouthvec.ie [18] and www.tippnorthvec.ie [19] continue in use until the development of a dedicated website.
Wexford and Waterford ETB	County Wexford VEC, County Waterford VEC, City of Waterford VEC	Wexford, with sub-offices in Dungarvan and Waterford	www.wwetb.ie [20] (domain registered but not in use as of 3 July 2013)