Education board ‘is complying fully with inquiries’

Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board (KWETB) says it has co-operated fully with inquiries to date around procurement and other issues that are now subject to a ministerial-appointed investigation.

A strong emphasis in the terms of reference of the inquiry, announced by Education Minister Richard Bruton on Wednesday, is on how the education authority dealt with issues raised by his department and the office of Comptroller and Auditor General Seamus McCarthy.

The issues which the C&AG’s office referred to the Department of Education during its audit of the Kildare and Wicklow ETB 2015 financial statements relate primarily, but not solely, to property, buildings, and vehicles.