Ireland / Éire

Responsible national authority

• Department of Education and Science

Higher education institutions

• Irish Universities Association
• Institutes of Technology Ireland (IOTI) 
• Higher Education Colleges Association (HECA)    

Quality Assurance

• Higher Education and Training Awards Council
• Irish Universities Quality Board 
• National Qualifications Authority of Ireland 
• Higher Education Authority 

Academic recognition

• ENIC NARIC Ireland

Qualifications framework

• National Framework of Qualifications

National student organisation

• Union of Students in Ireland

EU education programmes

• Lifelong learning programme / Erasmus national agency
• Tempus National Contact Point

Information about the Bologna Process / National implementation

• Full member of the Bologna Process since 1999
• National reports on Bologna reforms (2009, 2007, 2005)

Representatives in the Bologna Follow-up Group

• Kevin McCARTHY
• Tim CULLINANE
• Jerome KELLY
• Laura CASEY

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