The State’s 16 Education and Training Boards use private suppliers for courses in areas such as technology, food services, construction skills and hairdressing. Further education and training services are provided by 16 Educational Training Boards that in turn make use of private suppliers for courses in areas including technology, food services, construction skills and hairdressing. The tender was to establish “a multi-supplier framework agreement for the provision of contracted further education and training services”. Educational training boards must procure training services through stand-alone processes pending a new national framework, it said. “The services are for approved training activities funded under ETB Annual Further Education and Training Service Plans including generalist training provision and technical/specialist training provision,” she said.

Source: The Irish Times March 05, 2026 12:04 UTC