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Renamed as the Department of Education and Skills [16] 11 May 2011 Transfer of the National Education Welfare Board to the Department of Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs [17] 21 October 2020 Transfer of Further and Higher Education to the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science [18] 22 October 2020
The Minister for Education (Irish: An tAire Oideachais) is a senior minister in the Government of Ireland and leads the Department of Education. The current Minister for Education is Norma Foley, TD. She is assisted by: Hildegarde Naughton, TD – Minister of State for Special Education and Inclusion, and
Department of Education and Skills may refer to: Department of Education (Ireland), a government department in Ireland, formerly called the Department of Education and Skills. Department for Education and Skills (United Kingdom), a government department in the United Kingdom from 2001 to 2007.
Taighde Éireann - Research Ireland is a statutory government body in Ireland, established on 1 August 2024, [8] [7] amalgamating the functions and activities of Science Foundation Ireland and the Irish Research Council as an agency of the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science.
The Minister of State at the Department of Education is a junior ministerial post in the Department of Education of the Government of Ireland who performs duties and functions delegated by the Minister for Education. A minister of state does not hold cabinet rank. There are currently two Ministers of State:
Transfer of Community Affairs to the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government [31] 11 May 2011 Transfer of the Education Welfare from the Department of Education and Skills [32] 1 June 2011 Transfer of Gaeltacht Planning to the Department of Tourism, Culture and Sport [33] 2 June 2011
The Department of Education introduced a new Leaving Certificate grading scale in 2017. The new scale has eight grades, the highest being a Grade 1, the lowest being a Grade 8. The highest seven grades 1-7 divide the marks range 100% to 30% into seven equal grade bands 10% wide, with a grade 8 being awarded for percentage marks of less than 30%.
An education ministry is a national or subnational government agency politically responsible for education. Various other names are commonly used to identify such agencies, such as Ministry of Education, Department of Education, and Ministry of Public Education, and the head of such an agency may be a minister of education or secretary of education.