DEIS advisory group

Who we are
What we do
Terms of reference
Membership
Meeting Documents
Contact Details

Who we are

The DEIS Advisory Group is made up of representatives from the education partners, relevant Government Departments, the Educational Research Centre, Tusla and DES Officials.

What we do

The main role of the group currently is to progress and provide advice on the implementation of the 108 actions in DEIS Plan 2017

The first meeting of the group was held in May 2019.

Terms of reference

to progress the implementation of DEIS Plan 2017
to provide advice on the implementation of Actions under the Plan in particular:

-identify enablers and/or barriers to implementation.

-draw attention to difficulties that would be likely to impact implementation or timeline

-seek explanations where implementation is delayed/likely to fail

-advise on potential solutions for failed/delayed implementation

to provide and receive updates to the Programme Steering Committee
to establish Working Groups in areas which require further research as set out in DEIS Plan 2017 and/or areas that emerge in the work that shows further research is required
to examine and make recommendations based on reports produced by the Working Groups to the Programme Steering Committee
to provide advice on the establishment of a Monitoring and Evaluation Framework.

Membership

Cliodhna O’Neill	Assistant Secretary, DE	*
Grainne Cullen	Chairperson, Principal Officer DE
Máirín Ní Chéileachair	INTO
Bláthnaid Ní Ghréacháin	Gaeloideachas
Enda Mc Gorman	CPSMA
Aine Lynch	NPC Primary
Louise Tobin	IPPN
Moira Leydon	ASTI
Ann Howard	TUI
Paul Fields/Clodagh Kelly	ETBI
Mary Jackson	ACCS
Michael Redmond	JMB
Paul Crone	NAPD
Dr Ken Fennelly	Church of Ireland Board of Education
Emer Nowlan	Educate Together
Mark Considine	DCEDIY
Áine O’Keeffe	Tusla
Linda Carr/ Bernadette Fox	DSP
Aidan Clerkin and Lorraine Gilleece	Educational Research Centre
Anne Tansey/Deirdre Mc Hugh	NEPS
Sarah Rochford/ Eddie Quinn / Padraig Flynn	DFHERIS
Brian MacGiollaPhadraig / Joanne Tobin/ James O'Brien/Evelyn O Connor/ Jill Fannin/ Brendan Doody	DE

* = Designated public official

Meeting Documents

DEIS Advisory Group meeting documents

Contact Details