tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-464668402831298194.post1475603093899411685..comments2023-10-26T12:19:08.652+01:00Comments on Cllr Joe Ryan's Blog: VEC axing? The thin end of the wedgeAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13337418092426100439noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-464668402831298194.post-34692102506771694542010-11-02T17:05:56.872+00:002010-11-02T17:05:56.872+00:00Rory! Watchyour language on my blog or I'll ge...Rory! Watchyour language on my blog or I'll get the Indo after you!!!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13337418092426100439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-464668402831298194.post-73635386339081017722010-10-14T00:32:57.674+01:002010-10-14T00:32:57.674+01:00Board members areallowed to claim expenses for tra...Board members areallowed to claim expenses for travel and to compensate for time away from home. Expenses have been cut in the last 2 years by about 20%. and while it would be easy. <br /><br />The reality is that political parties control nominations to the VEC and I've always used my position to raise issues relevant to schools. As to the exact spend on administration the secondary system and VEC are different. For instance in Wexford the VEC administers student grants and school transport for all schools. PLC's and night coures are also administered so it would be ahrd to compare from the point of view of VFM even between counties as rural counties would have more school transport. <br />VEC's are not liable to FOI in all aspects for obvious reasonssuch as confidentiality as secondary schools are outside the legislation. I've published my exoenses from the VEC in the last 2 years and they should be on my blog.<br />As a member of the audit committee the Comptroller and Auditor General has full access to all the figures and has done targetted as well as general audits and has never turned up any evidence of what I consider financial overspend in Co WExford VEC. I've often expressed my cyncicism of WSE reports from the dept wesite ever since a coleague told me he'd been contacted by an inspector in relation to how a subject report should be worded. Same inspector subsequently turned up controling a WSE on a Wexford school. What guarantee has anyone got that inspectors are quality themselves?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13337418092426100439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-464668402831298194.post-82542862489933476812010-10-13T09:58:13.810+01:002010-10-13T09:58:13.810+01:00Why should board members be paid at all (for milea...Why should board members be paid at all (for mileage)? Isnt it the case that in many NGO's board members are involved because they are interested in the work of the organisation.Perhaps it this was reviewed as well we might remove some board members who are involved for the wrong reasons (ie no interest in education), including many of the political appointments the VEC make. This is not a direct attack on you btw, from the posts you make you seem genuinely interested in education<br /><br />Perhaps thou you could answer a quite question? Are the VEC subject to FOI requests and just how do they account for their spending? Im curious to this topic, I would like to know how much is spent on 'administration' as opposed to education? Reports on the Dept of Education website also indicate that some of the VEC schools in Wexford are not performing. So it seems resonable to me (and as a teacher also) to ask and expect that every organisation in education to examine and reduce how it spends tax payers money, hopefully it might examine its track record along the way.<br /><br />KeithUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14640126505536478412noreply@blogger.com