Minister for Education and Science (Ireland)
- Minister for Education and Science (Ireland)
The Minister for Education and Science ( _ga. An Aire Oideachais agus Eolaíochta) is the senior minister at the Department of Education and Science in the Government of Ireland.
The current Minister for Education and Science is Batt O'Keeffe, TD. He is assisted by:
*Barry Andrews, TD – Minister of State for Children and Youth Affairs.
*Seán Haughey, TD – Minister of State for Lifelong Learning and School Transport.
*Conor Lenihan, TD – Minister of State for Integration Policy.
*Jimmy Devins, TD – Minister of State for Science, Technology and Innovation.
*John Moloney, TD – Minister of State for Equality, Disability Issues and Mental Health.
Until September 1997 the department was known simply as the "Department of Education".
Overview
The Minister engages in a wide range of activities relating to education in the Republic of Ireland, including policy planning, quality assurance and the provision of a broad range of services.
The department officially aims to:
*Promote equity and inclusion
*Promote lifelong learning
*Plan for education that is relevant to personal, social, cultural and economic needs.
In recent years some of these functions have been devolved to statutory authorities, in particular the Higher Education Authority, the National Qualifications Authority and the State Examinations Commission. Irish universities and colleges are to a large extent free of government control, with this being largely limited to policy formation and statistics preparation.
List of office-holders
Footnotes
ee also
*Irish cabinets since 1919
External links
* [http://www.education.ie/home/home.jsp?pcategory=27173&ecategory=27173&language=EN Department of Education and Science]
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