Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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Question 563: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 221 of 17 June 2010, if she will provide a list of the State agencies under the aegis of her Department to which the 2009 code of practice for the governance of State bodies applies; the agencies that have submitted assurances and reports confirming compliance with the code in 2009 to her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27577/10]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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As requested by the Deputy, a list of those State agencies under the aegis of my Department to which the Code of Practice for the Governance of State Bodies applies in the following table.

Non-commercial bodies under the Aegis of the Department of Education & Skills – June 2010

An Chomhairle um Oideachais Gaeltachta agus Gaelscolaíochta (COGG)

Commission into Child Abuse (CICA)

Education Finance Board (EFB)

Foras Áiseanna Saothair (see note 1) (FÁS)

Further Education & Training Awards Council (FETAC)

Grangegorman Development Agency (GGDA)

Higher Education and Training Awards Council (HETAC)

Higher Education Authority (HEA)

Léargas - The Exchange Bureau

National Centre for Technology in Ireland (NCTE)

National Centre for Guidance in Education (NCGE)

National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NCCA)

National Council for Special Education (NCSE)

National Education Welfare Board (NEWB)

National Qualifications Authority of Ireland (NQAI)

Residential Institutions Redress Board (RIRB)

Residential Institutions Review Committee (RIRC)

Skillnets Ltd (see note 1)

State Examinations Commission (SEC)

The Teaching Council (see note 2)

Note 1: Responsibility for FÁS and Skillnets Ltd transferred from the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation (D/ETI) to this Department from 1st May 2010.

Note 2: The Teaching Council has been self-financing since March 2008.

Corporate Governance arrangements, including the implementation of the requirements of the Code of Practice and ongoing monitoring are overseen by the appropriate Line Divisions of my Department. This process is underway in respect of State Bodies under the aegis of my Department in the context of the Revised Code and in accordance with the timeframe provided therein.