Unit: Teastas

Teastas

Irish National Certification Authority

Friday 1st of September 1995 - Monday 26th of February 2001

Teastas (the Irish National Certification Authority) was established on a non-statutory interim basis in September 1995. This was pending the enactment of new legislation formally establishing the National Qualifications Authority of Ireland, FETAC and HETAC, following the 'Teastas report' in 1998

From date: 1995-09-01
To date: 2001-02-26
Source: https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1996-10-22/193/?highlight%5B0%5D=teastas&highlight%5B1%5D=teastas; https://www.irishtimes.com/news/education/the-teastas-report-1.128991; Qualifications (Education and Training) Act 1999 (No. 26 of 1999); S.I. No. 57/2001
Confidence: Quite Confident
Names: Irish National Certification Authority
- Source: https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1996-10-22/193/?highlight%5B0%5D=teastas&highlight%5B1%5D=teastas; https://www.irishtimes.com/news/education/the-teastas-report-1.128991; Qualifications (Education and Training) Act 1999 (No. 26 of 1999); S.I. No. 57/2001
- From date: 1995-09-01
- To date: 2001-02-26
- Confidence: Quite Confident
Legal forms: Non-Statutory Non-Departmental Body
- Source: https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1996-10-22/193/?highlight%5B0%5D=teastas&highlight%5B1%5D=teastas; https://www.irishtimes.com/news/education/the-teastas-report-1.128991; Qualifications (Education and Training) Act 1999 (No. 26 of 1999); S.I. No. 57/2001
- From date: 1995-09-01
- To date: 2001-02-26
- Confidence: Quite Confident
Functions: Advisory - Consultative - Representation - Advocacy
- Source: https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1996-10-22/193/?highlight%5B0%5D=teastas&highlight%5B1%5D=teastas; https://www.irishtimes.com/news/education/the-teastas-report-1.128991; Qualifications (Education and Training) Act 1999 (No. 26 of 1999); S.I. No. 57/2001
- From date: 1995-09-01
- To date: 2001-02-26
- Confidence: Quite Confident
Functions: Delivery
- Source: https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1996-10-22/193/?highlight%5B0%5D=teastas&highlight%5B1%5D=teastas; https://www.irishtimes.com/news/education/the-teastas-report-1.128991; Qualifications (Education and Training) Act 1999 (No. 26 of 1999); S.I. No. 57/2001
- From date: 1995-01-01
- To date: 2001-02-26
- Confidence: Quite Confident
Policy domains: Education and Training
- Source: https://http://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1996-10-22/193/?highlight%5B0%5D=teastas&highlight%5B1%5D=teastas; https://http://www.irishtimes.com/news/education/the-teastas-report-1.128991; Qualifications (Education and Training) Act 1999 (No. 26 of 1999); S.I. No. 57/2001
- From date: 1995-09-01
- To date: 2001-02-26
- Confidence: Quite Confident
Parents: Department of Education (I)
- Source: https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1996-10-22/193/?highlight%5B0%5D=teastas&highlight%5B1%5D=teastas; S.I. No. 430/1997
- From date: 1995-09-01
- To date: 1997-09-30
- Confidence: Very Confident
Parents: Department of Education and Science
- Source: S.I. No. 430/1997
- From date: 1997-10-01
- To date: 2001-02-26
- Confidence: Very Confident
Counties: Dublin
- From date: 1995-09-01
- To date: 2001-02-26
- Confidence: Quite Confident
Cofog: post-secondary non-tertiary education
- Source: https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1996-10-22/193/?highlight%5B0%5D=teastas&highlight%5B1%5D=teastas; https://www.irishtimes.com/news/education/the-teastas-report-1.128991; Qualifications (Education and Training) Act 1999 (No. 26 of 1999); S.I. No. 57/2001
- From date: 1995-09-01
- To date: 2001-02-26
- Confidence: Quite Confident
Cofog: education not definable by level
- Source: https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1996-10-22/193/?highlight%5B0%5D=teastas&highlight%5B1%5D=teastas; https://www.irishtimes.com/news/education/the-teastas-report-1.128991; Qualifications (Education and Training) Act 1999 (No. 26 of 1999); S.I. No. 57/2001
- From date: 1995-01-01
- To date: 2001-02-26
- Confidence: Quite Confident
URL: https://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1999/act/26/enacted/en/html
URL: http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2001/si/57/

Associated Events
Name	Date	From	To
Teastas	1995-09-01		Teastas
Qualifications (Education and Training) Act, 1999	2001-06-11	Teastas	Further Education and Training Awards Council

Unit Information

Teastas

Irish National Certification Authority