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36 results
Name
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| Description
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| National Library of Ireland | 1877-01-01 | Was established as an autonomous cultural institution in May 2005 under the National Cultural Institutions Act 1997. The Library on Kildare Street in Dublin was opened to the public on 29 August 1890. The Industrial and Commercial Property (Protection) Act 1927 gave the NLI legal deposit status for the first time. In 1986-1992 was under the aegis of the Dept. of An Taoiseach. In 1992 (until present) was transferred to the Dept. of Arts, Culture and the Gaeltacht (now under Arts, Sports and Tourism) | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.nli.ie/en/homepage.aspx; National Cultural Institutions Act 1997; Industrial and Commercial Property (Protection) Act 1927; Dublin Science and Art Museum Act 1877; Irish Times, 28 August 1890 | |
| Irish Manuscripts Commission Ltd. | 1928-10-10 | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.irishmanuscripts.ie/; Dáil Éireann - Volume 26 - 17 October, 1928--CEISTEANNA—QUESTIONS. ORAL ANSWERS. - MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION; Dáil Éireann - Volume 168 - 12 June, 1958--Written Answers. - State-Sponsored Companies, Commissions, Committees and Advisory Councils | ||
| Library Council | 1948-05-12 | 2012-11-01 | 'Objects of New Library Council' Irish Times 13 May 1948; McGauran et al. 2005; Public Libraries Act 1947; Local Government Act 2001; Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2012; S.I. No. 422/2012; Seanad Éireann Debate Vol. 215 No. 13 - Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2012: Second Stage, 6 June 2012 | |
| Central Applications Office | 1976-01-23 | The Central Applications Office processes applications for undergraduate courses in Irish Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.cao.ie/ | |
| Fire Services Council | 1983-06-22 | 2012-06-08 | McGauran et al. 2005; Fire Services Act 1981; S.I. No. 175/1983; Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2012 | |
| 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 | |
| Integrate Ireland Language and Training Ltd. | 1999-03-30 | 2008-08-08 | At first, established in 1999 as the Refugee Language Support Unit (RLSU), a two-year pilot project under the aegis of the Centre for Language and Communication Studies (CLCS), Trinity College Dublin. In September 2001 the RSLU became Integrate Ireland Language and Training Ltd. (IILT) | McGauran et al. 2005; http://web.archive.org/web/20050308182828/www.iilt.ie/AboutUs.asp; 'Refugee Language Support Unit Launched' Trinity College Press Release, 30 March 1999. |
| Fulbright Commission Ireland | 1992-02-03 | An Bord Scoláireachtaí Cómalairte, established in 1957 by means of the Scholarship Exchange (Ireland and the United States of America) Act, 1957, was replaced under the Educational Exchange (Ireland and the United States of America) Act, 1991. | http://www.fulbright.ie/; Scholarship Exchange (Ireland and the United States of America) Act, 1957; the Educational Exchange (Ireland and the United States of America) Act, 1991; S.I. No. 354/1991. | |
| International Education Board of Ireland | 1993-01-01 | 2009-11-30 | ceased trading on 30th November 2009 and its main functions transferred to Enterprise Ireland | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.educationireland.ie/ |
| National Centre for Guidence in Education | 1995-06-01 | National Centre for Guidance in Education aims to develop and support quality guidance provision in the education sector as part of lifelong learning in accordance with national and international best practice | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.ncge.ie/ | |
| 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 | |
| An Chomhairle um Oideachais Gaeltachta agus Gaelscolaíochta | 2002-03-01 | COGG was founded to establish a structure to cater for the educational needs of Gaeltacht schools and of Gaelscoileanna. COGG's role relates to both primary and post-primary education. | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.cogg.ie/; Education Act 1998 | |
| National Centre for Technology in Education | 1998-03-01 | 2011-09-01 | No Board existed for the NCTE in 2011. Since September 2011, the NCTE is within the remit of Dublin West Education Centre alongside the Department’s largest support service, the Professional Development Service for Teachers (PDST). | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.ncte.ie/; Written Answers - Departmental Agencies, Wednesday, 21 March 2012, Dáil Éireann Debate Vol. 758 No. 7 |
| National Council for Curriculum and Assessment | 1987-12-08 | Put on statutory footing by Education Act 1998 | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.ncca.ie/; Written Answers - National Council for Curriculum and Assessment. Tuesday, 8 April 1997, Dáil Éireann Debate, Vol. 477 No. 2; Education Act 1998; S.I. No. 470/1999 | |
| Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences | 2000-01-01 | 2012-03-29 | McGauran et al. 2005; http://research.ie/; Written answers, Tuesday, 13 May 2014, Department of Education and Skills -Departmental Bodies Data | |
| Science Foundation Ireland | 2003-07-25 | Was established in 2000 as a sub-board of Forfás. In 2003 was established on a statutory basis | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.sfi.ie/; Industrial Development (Science Foundation Ireland) Act 2003 | |
| Further Education and Training Awards Council | 2001-06-11 | 2012-11-06 | Is responisble for making awards previously made by BIM, Fáilte Ireland (CERT), FÁS, NCVA and Teagasc; will merge with HETAC and NQAI after 2008 budget | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.fetac.ie/; Qualifications (Education and Training) Act 1999; Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) Act 2012; S.I. No. 436/2012; http://www.qualificationsandquality.ie/ |
| Higher Education and Training Awards Council | 2001-06-11 | 2012-11-06 | It is a successor body to the National Council for Educational Awards (NCEA) which was established in 1979 | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.hetac.ie/; Qualifications (Education and Training) Act 1999; Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) Act 2012; S.I. No. 436/2012; http://www.qualificationsandquality.ie/ |
| Irish Research Council for Science, Engineering and Technology | 2001-06-01 | 2012-03-29 | McGauran et al. 2005; http://research.ie/; Written answers, Tuesday, 13 May 2014, Department of Education and Skills -Departmental Bodies Data | |
| National Qualifications Authority of Ireland | 2001-02-01 | 2012-11-06 | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.nqai.ie/; Qualifications (Education and Training) Act 1999; Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) Act 2012; S.I. No. 436/2012 | |
| 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 | |
| National Council for Special Education | 2003-12-24 | First established as an independent statutory body by order of the Minister for Education and Science in December 2003; formally established under the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004. | S.I. No.270/2004; Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004; http://www.ncse.ie/ | |
| 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/ | |
| Special Education Appeals Board | 2006-04-03 | Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004 | ||
| Education Finance Board | 2006-02-17 | 2013-03-29 | The Commission to Inquire Into Child Abuse (Amendment) Act 2005; Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Act 2012; S.I. No. 96/2013; Written Answers, Wednesday, 22 January 2014, No. 80 - Departmental Bodies Establishment | |
| Grangegorman Development Agency | 2006-05-10 | The Grangegorman Development Agency (GDA) is a statutory agency established in 2006 to redevelop the former St. Brendan’s Hospital grounds in Dublin City Centre. | http://www.ggda.ie/; Grangegorman Development Agency Act 2005; S.I. No. 252/2006 | |
| Department of Education (I) | 1924-06-01 | 1997-09-30 | Renamed the Department of Education and Science | S.I. 430/1997; Coakley & Gallagher 2005; Ministers and Secretaries Act 1924 |
| Registration Council for Secondary Teachers | 1914-01-01 | 2006-03-28 | Replaced by the Teaching Council | Intermediate Education (Ireland) Act 1914; Teaching Council Act, 2001; S.I. No. 185/2006 |
| National Council for Educational Awards | 1980-07-16 | 2001-06-11 | Existed as an ad hoc body since 1972, replaced by HETAC | National Council for Educational Awards Act 1979; Qualifications (Education and Training) Act 1999 |
| An Gúm | 1925-03-06 | 1999-12-02 | Merged into Foras na Gaeilge | http://gaeilge.ie/Foras_na_Gaeilge/An_Gum.asp; the British-Irish Agreement Act 1999; the North-South Co-operation (Implementation Bodies) Northern Ireland Order 1999; Dáil Éireann - Volume 42 - 28 June, 1932, Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - An Gúm. |
| Institiúid Teangeolaíochta Éireann | 1972-10-27 | 2004-01-09 | Dáil Éireann - Volume 577 - 16 December, 2003--Written Answers. - Institiúid Teangeolaíochta Éireann; http://web.archive.org/web/20030607005819/http://ite.ie/index.htm | |
| Archbishop Marsh's Library | 1707-01-01 | http://www.marshlibrary.ie/; An Act for settling and preserving a publick library for ever…, 1707; S.I. No. 8/1970; National Cultural Institutions Act, 1997 | ||
| 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 |
| Commissioners of Education in Ireland | 1813-07-10 | 1925-03-31 | Endowed Schools Act 1813 (53 Geo. Ill, c. 107); Ministers and Secretaries Act 1924; S.I. No. 22/1925 | |
| Curriculum and Examinations Board | 1984-01-23 | 1987-12-08 | Precursor of National Council for Curriculum and Assessment | Dáil Éireann - Volume 348 - 06 March, 1984--Programme for Action in Education: Statements; Dáil Éireann - Volume 358 - 07 May, 1985--Written Answers. - Statutory/Non-Statutory Bodies and Committees; Written Answers - National Council for Curriculum and Assessment. Tuesday, 8 April 1997, Dáil Éireann Debate, Vol. 477 No. 2 |
| Department of Education (II) | 2020-10-22 | Replaced Department of Education and Skills and followed transfer of certain functions to new Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science | S.I. No. 450/2020; https://www.education.ie/en/ |