Written answers

Tuesday, 6 July 2010

Department of Education and Science

Departmental Agencies

10:00 am

Photo of Caoimhghín Ó CaoláinCaoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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Question 654: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the State agencies under the aegis of her Department to which the 2009 code of practice for the governance of state bodies applies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29474/10]

Photo of Mary CoughlanMary 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 is as follows.

Non-commercial bodies under the Aegis of the Department of Education & Skills – July 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.

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