Education vacancies: HEA board missing nine members with two positions vacant for over a year

The Higher Education Authority (HEA) currently has only 10 members instead of the 19 it should have by law, with two positions vacant for over a year.

Among the unfilled positions is that of chairman, a seat which has been empty since the end of January.

The HEA is one of a number of bodies with long-standing board vacancies, but the Department of Education says the positions are to be filled very shortly.