Provision and oversight of first- and second-level education

What this means

• The Department of Education is the public body responsible for running and overseeing primary and post-primary schools across Ireland.[source]
• Its legal authority comes from the Education Act 1998, which sets out its duties in administering the school system.[source]
• The Department funds schools and decides which schools are officially recognised, giving it significant control over access to education.[source]
• It sets the curriculum, meaning it determines what children are taught in recognised schools nationwide.[source]
• The Department runs an inspectorate that monitors school quality, making it accountable for standards in education across the country.[source]

Direct impact (1)

• duty held by body
  Department of EducationBody

Indirect impact (6)

Two-hop relationships traced through the entity above. Useful for spotting downstream knock-on effects.

• duty held by body → owns statutory mandate2-hop via dept-education
  Provision of education for children with special educational needsMandate
• duty held by body → responsible for commitment2-hop via dept-education
  Reduce the primary pupil-teacher ratio to 19:1Commitment
• duty held by body → responsible for commitment2-hop via dept-education
  Expand special classes and special school placesCommitment
• duty held by body → holds role: Minister for Education and Youth2-hop via dept-education
  Hildegarde NaughtonOfficeholder
• duty held by body → holds role: Minister of State at the Department of Education and Youth2-hop via dept-education
  Michael MoynihanOfficeholder
• duty held by body → holds role: Secretary General, Department of Education2-hop via dept-education
  Bernie McNallyOfficeholder