John Deasy (Waterford, Fine Gael)
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Question 634: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the details of the agencies under the aegis of his Department. [22579/08]

Batt O'Keeffe (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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The Deputy will be aware that while individual institutions in the education sector have varying degrees of autonomy according to their status and statutory provisions, the Minister has an overarching responsibility for education policy across all levels of the education system and responsibility for funding provided from the Education Vote. The principle statutory agencies established under the aegis of my Department to provide particular services or to carry out particular functions in the education sector are listed below.

Grangegorman Development Agency www.ggda.ie

National Qualifications Authority of Ireland www.nqai.ie

Higher Education and Training Awards Council www.hetac.ie

Further Education & Training Awards Council www.fetac.ie

Higher Education Authority www.hea.ie

National Council for Curriculum and Assessment www.ncca.ie

National Council for Special Education www.ncse.ie

National Educational Welfare Board www.newb.ie

State Examinations Commission www.examinations.ie

Further information on the remit of these agencies is available on their websites. If the Deputy has specific queries in relation to these bodies or any other bodies in the education sector then officials in my Department would be happy to discuss these with him.