Back row (L to R): Ms Marie Maher; Ms Virginia O’Dowd; Ms Josephine Chamney; Cllr Pat English; Cllr Phyll Bugler; Cllr Fiona Bonfield; Cllr Anne Marie Ryan Shiner; Mr Eddie Morrissey; Ms Josephine Cahill; Mr Declan Kinsella.
Front row (L to R): Mr Michael Power; Cllr Máirin McGrath; Cllr Mary Hanna Hourigan (Chairperson); Ms Bernadette Cullen (Chief Executive); Cllr Roger Kennedy; Ms Anna Tuohy Halligan.
Absent from photo: Cllr Shane Lee; Cllr Kieran Bourke; Mr Gavin Berry; Cllr Mark Fitzgerald; Cllr Declan Burgess; Cllr Michael Anglim.
Photo: Odhran Ducie
In accordance with the provisions of the Education and Training Boards Act 2013, Tipperary Education and Training Board was formed in July 2013. Tipperary Education and Training Board has successfully completed its first ‘term of office’ 2014 – 2019 and we are now commencing our second ‘term of office’ 2019 – 2024.
ETBs comprise of 21 members:- 12 local authority elected members, 2 elected staff members, 2 appointed parents’ nominees and 5 appointed members from bodies who in the opinion of the Minister have a special interest in or knowledge of education and training: at least one community/business interest nominee must be drawn from business, industry and employers; one must be drawn from learners’ representative bodies and one must be nominated by bodies established to represent persons engaged in the management of, or leadership in, recognised schools. There is also provision for up to 2 members to be drawn from other bodies with an interest in education but which are not within the 3 designated categories outlined above.
Tipperary Education and Training Board Members 2019 – 2024
| Local Authority Members | Cllr. Fiona Bonfield |
| Cllr. Siobhán Ambrose | |
| Cllr. Mark Fitzgerald | |
| Cllr. Mary Hanna Hourigan (Chair) | |
| Cllr. Roger Kennedy (Deputy Chair) | |
| Cllr. Pat English | |
| Cllr. Máirín McGrath | |
| Cllr. Anne Marie Ryan (Shiner) | |
| Cllr. Shane Lee | |
| Cllr. Michael Anglim | |
| Cllr. Phyll Bugler | |
| Cllr. Declan Burgess |
| Staff Elected Members | Ms. Josephine Cahill |
| Mr. Gavin Berry |
| Parents’ Appointed nominees | Mr. Declan Kinsella |
| Ms.Marie Maher |
| Bodies Representative of Business, Industry & Employers | Ms. Josephine Chamney |
| Bodies Representative of Learners | Ms. Anna Touhy-Halligan |
| Bodies Representative of persons engaged in the management of, or leadership in recognised Schools | Mr. Eddie Morrissey |
| 2 members from the above bodies + Bodies which are not in the 3 designated categories: | Ms. Virginia O’Dowd |
| Mr. Michael Power |
Minutes of Tipperary ETB Board Meetings
| Minutes 28.03.2023 |
| Minutes 28.02.2023 |
| Minutes 31.01.2023 |
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