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13 results
Name
| From
| To
| Description
| Source
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Department of Education and Science | 1997-10-01 | 2010-05-02 | http://www.education.ie/; S.I. No. 430/1997; S.I. No. 184/2010 | |
| Commission on School Accommodation | 1996-03-01 | 2011-01-01 | McGauran et al. 2005; Written answers, Thursday, 6 May 2010-- Department of Education and Science-School Accommodation; Written answers Wednesday, 22 June 2011, Department of Education and Skills - Schools Recognition; Written answers, Tuesday, 25 October 2011, Department of Education and Skills, Departmental Agencies | |
| National Education Welfare Board | 2002-07-05 | 2014-01-01 | McGauran et al. 2005; Education (Welfare) Act 2000; http://www.newb.ie/; Child and Family Agency Act 2013 | |
| State Examinations Commission | 2003-03-06 | The Commission assumed responsibility from the Dept. of Education and Science from 2003 onwards | McGauran et al. 2005; Education Act 1998; S.I. No.373/2003; http://www.examinations.ie/ | |
| Department of Education and Skills | 2010-05-02 | 2020-10-22 | Succeeded by Department of Education (II) and some functions transferred to new Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science | http://www.education.ie/; S.I. No. 184/2010; S.I. No. 450/2020; Ministers and Secretaries and Ministerial, Parliamentary, Judicial and Court Offices (Amendment) Act 2020 (No. 10 of 2020; S.I. No. 451/2020 |
| An tSeirbhís Oideachais Leanúnaigh Agus Scileanna | 2013-10-27 | SOLAS was established to develop and give strategic direction to the Further Education and Training Sector in Ireland. | Further Education and Training Act 2013; http://www.solas.ie/ | |
| Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science | 2020-08-02 | Creation of a new Department which assumed a number of responsibilities within the remit of the prior Department of Education & Skills (as it then was) | Ministers and Secretaries and Ministerial, Parliamentary, Judicial and Court Offices (Amendment) Act 2020 (No. 10 of 2020); https://www.gov.ie/en/organisation/department-of-higher-education-innovation-and-science/ | |
| Teastas | 1995-09-01 | 2001-02-26 | 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 | 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 |
| Technological University Dublin | 2019-01-01 | Technological University Dublin was an amalgamation of the prior Dublin Institute of Technology with the Institutes of Technology Blanchardstown and Tallaght | Technological Universities Act 2018 (No. 3 of 2018); S.I. No 437/2018 | |
| Munster Technological University | 2021-01-01 | Munster Technological University was an amalgamation of the prior Cork and Tralee Institutes of Technology | Technological Universities Act 2018 (No. 3 of 2018); S.I. No. 568/2020 | |
| Technological University of the Shannon: Midlands Midwest | 2021-10-01 | Technological University of the Shannon: Midlands Midwest was an amalgamation of the prior Athlone and Limerick Institutes of Technology | Technological Universities Act 2018 (No. 3 of 2018); S.I. No. 360/2021 | |
| Atlantic Technological University | 2022-04-01 | Atlantic Technological University amalgamated the previous institutes of technology of Galway-Mayo, Letterkenny and Sligo. St Angela's College, Sligo, was also incorporated later | Technological Universities Act 2018 (No. 3 of 2018); S.I. No. 56/2022; S.I. No. 356/2023 | |
| South East Technological University | 2022-05-01 | South East Technological University amalgamated the previous Waterford and Carlow Institutes of Technology | Technological Universities Act 2018 (No. 3 of 2018); S.I. No. 175/2022 |