Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

"Iris Oifigiúil" of 11th August, 2015.

I, JAN OSULLIVAN, Minister for Education and Skills, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 53 (amended by section 7 of the Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2015 (No. 11 of 2015)) of the Education Act 1998 (No. 51 of 1998) (as adapted by the Education and Science (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2010 ( S.I. No. 184 of 2010 )), and following consultation with the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, hereby make the following regulations:

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Education Act 1998 (Section 53) (Prescribed Public Bodies) Regulations 2015.

2. These Regulations shall come into operation on 11 August 2015.

3. The public bodies specified in the Schedule are prescribed for the purposes of section 53 (amended by section 7 of the Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2015 (No. 11 of 2015)) of the Education Act 1998 (No. 51 of 1998).

SCHEDULE

Regulation 3

[Prescribed Public Bodies]

An Education and Training Board specified in Schedule 2 to the Education and Training Boards Act 2013

A place recognised under section 37 of the Education Act 1998 as an education support centre

That part of St. Patrick’s College Drumcondra which is known as the Educational Research Centre and is a constituent part of St. Patrick’s College Drumcondra (hereinafter referred to as "ERC-St. Patrick’s College") or any body established under section 54 of the Education Act 1998 which assumes the functions of ERC-St. Patrick’s College

An tÚdarás um Ard-Oideachas

A higher education institution in receipt of public funding

National Council for Special Education

Qualifications and Quality Assurance Authority of Ireland

A recognised school within the meaning of section 10 of the Education Act 1998 established and maintained by an Education and Training Board

A children detention school within the meaning of section 3 of the Children Act 2001

State Examinations Commission

GIVEN under my Official Seal

5 August 2015.

JAN O’SULLIVAN,

Minister for Education and Skills.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

Section 7 of the Education (Miscellaneous Provision) Act 2015 provides for a refusal of access to specified information through an amendment of section 53 of the Education Act 1998 (as amended by Section 5 of the Education (Miscellaneous Provision) Act 2007). The Minister may refuse access to specified information and any public body prescribed by the Minister following consultation with the Minister of Public Expenditure and Reform shall refuse access to specified information unless consented to or directed by the Minister. These regulations designate the public bodies set out in the schedule as the "prescribed bodies".