Irish Minister for Education Science
The Minister for Education & Science is the chief person at the Department of Education & Science is engaged in a wide range of activities covering pllicy planning, quality assurance and providing a broad range of services for education in the Republic of Ireland. The minister has previously been called the Ministers for Education. Duties:
- To promote equity and inclusion
- To promote lifelong learning
- To plan for education that is relevany to personal, social, cultural and economic needs.
In recent years some of these functions have been given to statutory authorities, in particular the Higher Education Authority, the National Qualifications Authority of Ireland and the State Examinations Commission. Irish universities and colleges are to a large extent free of government control, with this been largely limited to policy formation and statistics prepairation.
Minister for Education 1921-1997
Minister for Education & Science 1997-present
| # | Name | Took Office | Left Office | Party |
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| Micheál Martin | September 30, 1997 | January 27, 2000 | Fianna Fáil | |
| 33. | Michael Woods | January 27, 2000 | June 6, 2002 | Fianna Fáil |
| 34. | Noel Dempsey | June 6, 2002 | September 29, 2004 | Fianna Fáil |
| 35. | Mary Hanafin | September 29, 2004 | (still in office) | Fianna Fáil |
See also
| Government of Ireland | 
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Categories: Lists of ministers | Education in Ireland