Ireland

Inspectorate Profile: Ireland

In Ireland, the Inspectorate is a Division of the Department of Education and Science, and the Department is responsible for the funding of the Inspectorate and its services.  The Irish Inspectorate is one of the oldest inspectorates of education: it was founded in 1831 when a comprehensive publicly-funded system of elementary education was established.  Subsequently, inspectorates of vocational/technical education and secondary education were founded in the early twentieth century.  All three branches – primary, secondary and vocational – were united in the 1990s.

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