EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Sources used for data on enrolments
ISCED 0	Number of students in institutions subsidized by the government	Census of all Early Childhold Care and Education Scheme providers	Other: Department of Children and Youth Affairs
ISCED 1	Number of students in institutions subsidized by the government	Primary Online Database	UOE data provider
ISCED 1	Number of students in institutions not subsidized by the government	Private Primary Annual Census	UOE data provider
ISCED 2, 3 and 4	Number of students in institutions subsidized by the government	October Returns	UOE data provider
ISCED 2, 3 and 4	Number of students in institutions not subsidized by the government	Census of Non Aided Second Level Colleges	UOE data provider
ISCED 2, 3 and 4	Number of students in institutions subsidized by the government	Administrative Data	Other: Department of Social and Family Affairs/SOLAS
ISCED 5, 6, 7 and 8	Number of students in institutions subsidized by the government	Census: Student Record System	Other: Higher Education Authority
ISCED 5, 6, 7 and 8	Number of students in institutions not subsidized by the government	Survey	Other: Higher Education Authority

Sources used for data on entrants
ISCED 2, 3 and 4	Number of students in institutions subsidized by the government	October Returns	UOE data provider
ISCED 2, 3 and 4	Number of students in institutions not subsidized by the government	Census of Non Aided Second Level Colleges	UOE data provider
ISCED 2, 3 and 4	Number of students in institutions subsidized by the government	Administrative Data	Other: Department of Social and Family Affairs/SOLAS
ISCED 5, 6, 7 and 8	Number of students in institutions subsidized by the government	Census: Student Record System	Other: Higher Education Authority
ISCED 5, 6 7 and 8	Number of students in institutions not subsidized by the government	Survey	Other: Higher Education Authority

Sources used for data on personnel
ISCED 0	Number of personnel teaching pupils enrolled in ISCED 0	Census of all Early Childhold Care and Education Scheme providers	Other: Department of Children and Youth Affairs
ISCED 1,2 and 3	Number of teachers teaching pupils enrolled in aided schools at ISCED 1, 2, and 3	Administrative data	UOE data provider
ISCED 1,2 and 3	Number of teachers teaching pupils enrolled in non aided schools at ISCED 1, 2, and 3	Census of Private Primary schools and of Non Aided Second Level Colleges	Personel data are not available
ISCED 4	Number of teachers teaching pupils at ISCED 4	Administrative data	limited data availability
ISCED 5, 6, 7 and 8	Number of academic staff at tertiary level	Administrative data	Other: Higher Education Authority

Sources used for data on enrolments at regional level
As per data on enrolments

Sources used for data on foreign languages learning
ISCED 2 and 3	Number of students learning foreign languages in aided schools	October Returns	UOE data provider

Sources used for data on graduates
ISCED 3	Number of graduates at ISCED 3	Register	Other: State Examinations Commission
ISCED 3 and 4	Number of graduates at ISCED 3 and 4	Register	Other: Quality and Qualifications Ireland
ISCED 5, 6, 7 and 8	Number of graduates at ISCED 5, 6, 7, and 8	Register	Other: Higher Education Authority/Quality and Qualifications Ireland

Sources used for data on education expenditure
ISCED 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 (public expenditure)	Irish government public appropriation accounts	Audited expenditure data from each relevant government department	Various Departments, the Comptroller and Auditor General.
ISCED 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 (parts of private ependiture)	Household Budget Survey	Survey	Central Statistics Office
R&D expenditure ISCED 5, 6, 7 and 8	Higher Education and Research and Development survey	Survey	Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation
VET expenditure	Irish government public appropriation accounts	Audited expenditure data from each relevant government department	Various Departments, the Comptroller and Auditor General.

Weighting methods
Enrolment figures are annualised when apportioning expenditure for certain ISCED levels.

Estimations methods used in the UOE questionnaires
Expenditure	Expenditure on private institutions	ISCED 1, 3, 5/6/7/8	all	national	based on enrolment figures returned by private institutions		No breakdown of household expenditure on private institutions exists.	Private institution enrolment figures are multiplied by estimated course fees in order to estimate private expenditure on private institutions
Expenditure	Most categories	ISCED 0,1, 2,3,4	all	national		enrolment data	No breakdown exists for some expenditure by ISCED level.	Enrolment figures by ISCED are used to make apportionment of larger first and second level figures into the relevant ISCED levels
Expenditure	Household expenditure	All levels	all	national	Household budget survey (sample based)	Household Budget Survey	No definitve household expenditure figures available	average household expenditure per houshold on each item (with inflation applied if it refers to a year earlier than the UOE reference year) is multiplied by the estimated number of households in the State in order to arrive at an estimate of the spend nationally.

ISCED levels not covered
Data not covered	Partial Coverage of enrolments in private non-aided educational institutions - the coverage varies by ISCED level	Partial Coverage of enrolments in private non-aided educational institutions - the coverage varies by ISCED level	Partial Coverage of enrolments in private non-aided educational institutions - the coverage varies by ISCED level. Also, there are issues with data availability at ISCED4 level	Partial Coverage of enrolments in private non-aided educational institutions - the coverage varies by ISCED level	Partial Coverage of enrolments in private non-aided educational institutions - the coverage varies by ISCED level	Partial Coverage of enrolments in private non-aided educational institutions - the coverage varies by ISCED level	Partial coverage of expenditure in private institutions, and of private expenditure.
Reasons for unavailable data and, planned actions to improve coverage	Private non-aided educational institutions are not obliged to return data to the Department - we are working on improvement of coverage and also exploring data estimation techniques.	Private non-aided educational institutions are not obliged to return data to the Department - we are working on improvement of coverage and also exploring data estimation techniques.	Private non-aided educational institutions are not obliged to return data to the Department - we are working on improvement of coverage and also exploring data estimation techniques.	Private non-aided educational institutions are not obliged to return data to the Department - we are working on improvement of coverage and also exploring data estimation techniques.	Private non-aided educational institutions are not obliged to return data to the Department - we are working on improvement of coverage and also exploring data estimation techniques.	Private non-aided educational institutions are not obliged to return data to the Department - we are working on improvement of coverage and also exploring data estimation techniques.	We are working on improving our estimates of private expenditure. Data on expenditure on private institutions is difficult to obtain and the quality of estimates can suffer from the unreliability of the underlying data (enrolments etc) used as a basis for estimation.

Vocational training	Programmes shorter than one semester (or Implementation of the semester rule)
NO (run by Solas and provided by Educational Training Boards)	The training courses are provided by Educational Training Boards. Partner Employers provide work-based learning opportunities and collaborate with Education and Training Boards (ETBs) on existing and new programmes to identify skills gaps in different sectors and industries	YES	There is a small number of courses with duration being less than 10 weeks. These courses lead to the National Qualification	NO	There is a number of courses that is shorter than 10 weeks but these courses lead to the National Qualification (e.g. Forklift skills)

Early childhood education programmes
YES	YES	NO		YES		4	3	6

Special education needs (SNE) programmes
YES

Adult education programmes and "continuing education"
YES		YES

Students enrolled in educational institutions organised by ministries other than ministry of education
NO

Domestic educational activities	Distance learning / e-learning programmes
NO	Foreign campus, online study/distance learning. Data from private sector is not available	YES - for Further Education level only			data from Institutions outside of Ireland are excluded (ISCED5-8)

Students participating in exchange programmes (credit mobile students)	Foreign languages learning
YES	no data available		YES	YES

Graduates: unduplicated count
YES	We use unique persons identifiers to remove possibilities of counting same person graduated from few programmes

Tertiary education programmes (ISCED Levels (5-8)
NO		NO

Type of data reviewed	Detailed variables concerned	Reference time period	Year when the revision was made	Reason having led to the revision	Consequences on accuracy
Ireland is currently conducting a review of the ENRL 2016 data	Enrolments by age, gender, field (ISCED2-4 vocational)	enrolments in 2016	2020	Due to launch of new database undercounting of Vocational Enrolments (part time) and correct ISCED breakdown identified - additional data is available
Ireland has conducted a review of the methodology for compiling the UOE Finance data. Data revisions including for back series (2015 and 2016) have been submitted by the country in 2020.

Information related to the latest reference year (academic year t-t+1, or financial year t)
	September year t	January year t+1	October year t	July year t+1	1st September t+ 1	Continuous

Submission dates for the latest reference year (academic year t-t+1, or financial year t)
1 September year t + 2	1 September year t + 2	1 September year t + 2	1 September year t + 2	1 September year t + 2	1 November year t + 2	30 December year t + 1

Main changes over time
Data on entrants at ISCED 5		2017 onwards	There is an increase in ISCED 5 from 2015/16 to 2016/17 due to an increase in Part Time students under this category. This increase is mainly due to an increased number of courses being offered at several institutes.
Data on enrolments at ISCED 0	Data on enrolments at ISCED 0	2017 onwards			Previously, most of the data in this category was reported at age as at 1st April. However, this caused some issues when data is compared to the population by a single year of age. Data for 2017 onwards is reported using the reference date for age as at 1st January, in order to match with population age estimates, which are reported at age as at 1st January. As a result, some children may appear to be too young to enrol but they may enrol into ECCE scheme in April 2017 and being 3y.o. at that time, but in January 2017 they were much younger. So when age data is shifted, kids might look too young for ECCE scheme.
Data on enrolments at ISCED 0	Data on enrolments at ISCED 0	2011 onwards	Reported in the UOE returns from UOE 2011 onwards only. The Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) Scheme, introduced in 2010 provides a free year of early childhood care and education for children of pre-school age. In general, children are eligible for the ECCE scheme if they are aged over 3 years 2 months and less than 5 years 6 months on 1 September of the year that they will be starting. The upper age limit can be extended in some cases.	Prior to the introduction of the ECCE data was unavailable on the number of children enrolled in ISCED 0 education and the data was for the most part missing. The introduction of the ECCE scheme brought the introduction of data capture.
New Entrants at ISCED 3 in private educational institutions	Data on new entrants at ISCED 3 in private educational institutions	2009 onwards		Coverage expanded to include new entrants in private educational institutions.
New Entrants at ISCED 5A and 5B - part time students	Data on new entrants at ISCED 5A and 5B for part time students	2008 onwards		Coverage expanded to include data on new entrants to part time courses at ISCED level 5A and 5B
Graduates at ISCED 3 and ISCED 4;	Data on graduates at ISCED 3 and ISCED 4,	2005 onwards		Because of the availability of better data, we included data on graduates from training programmes at ISCED level 3C (programmes that are of shorter duration than typical 3A programmes) and level 4. Last year only about one third of these graduates were included and many were included in level 4 when they should have been level 3.
Graduates at ISCED 5-8	ISCED5-8	2014 onwards		The data availability has been improved and therefore we included QQI data on graduates at this levels to already available HEA data
Expenditure	Expenditure on welfare servies for students	2010 onwards		For the first time in 2010, an item of expenditure on payments made to unemployed people who return to education is included, this scheme is known in Ireland as the "Back to Education Initiative". The total expenditure across all levels is in the region of €180m
Expenditure	Expenditure on ISCED 0 institutions	2009 onwards		For the first time we have included some additional coverage of the private sector at ISCED 0. This covers some public funding in private pre-primary institutions. As a result for the first time we can have a meaningful figure for expendiure per pupil at ISCED 0.
Expenditure	Expenditure distribution between ISCED levels 1-4	2009 onwards			As a result of receiving financial data which for the first time was allocated to levels of education (as opposed to estimating the allocations at each level), we were able to arrive at a more accurate distribution of expenditure at ISCED levels 1-4

Name of the national publication	Coherence issues
Annual Statistical Report	Data on enrolments (ISCED 1, 2, 3, 5 & 6) and new entrants (ISCED 5 & 6( are published annually. Data are coherent with data supplied as part of the UOE data collection.
Higher Education Authority: Key facts and figures	Data on enrolment and new entrants at ISCED 5 and 6 in funded institutions are published. The classification of funded institutions differs slightly to that of the UOE returns so the data are not exactly comparable as they refer to different subsets of institutions.
Unit Cost national data	The figures for indicator B1 are not comparable with the Department of Education and Skills national estimates of expenditure per pupil at first second and third level, as the national figures include public spending by the Department of Education and Skills only.

Calculation method	Scope of education
	Up until mid-2012, some classes of institutions were classified differently between private and public in national accounts and UOE. For example, voluntary secondary schools were classified as public in UOE and private in National Acccounts. Some harmonisation has recently taken place on the classifications, discussions are continuing at national level.

Time spent (in working days)	Comments
2.5 full time equivalent for 1 month	1.5 full time equivalent staff working on UOE non-finance for 1 month plus 1.5 full time equivalent staff working on UOE finance for 1 month

A general description of the statistical process and its outputs, and their evolution over time.

NATIONAL EDUCATION SYSTEM
The following documents provide general information on the educational system; please add the relevant links for your country.

General link to Eurydice.

National system broad overview.

National Education System Description.

National Education System - Provisions regarding language learning.

All pupils at primary level (ISCED 0 and 1 - ages 4.5 -12.5 typically) are taught the first official language, Irish. The great majority of students at ISCED 2 and 3 also study Irish. Irish is a second language to the vast majority of pupils but is not considered a foreign language. At lower and upper secondary (ISCED 2 and 3), a modern language is not a compulsory element of either the required curriculum or of the State examinations. It is however, a matriculation requirement of some third level institutions and, de facto, students choose to study modern languages to satisfy such requirements.

Structure of Education and Training Systems.

Link to the ISCMAP programme and qualification.

ANNEX I

National link to programmes and qualifications.

Further information on data flagged ‘d’ in the database is available to download from the Annex of the Metadata page for Education administrative data from 2013 onwards (ISCED 2011).

Not Applicable

Not available.

Not Applicable

Not available.

Not Applicable

Operations performed on data to derive new information according to a given set of rules.

Weighting methods
Weighted figures for differing reference periods	Weighted figures for differing theoretical ages	Conversion factors from part-time to full-time equivalent (FTE) data
Enrolment figures are annualised when apportioning expenditure for certain ISCED levels.

Estimations methods used in the UOE questionnaires
Type of data	Detailed variables concerned	ISCED level	Reference year(s)	Data source (internal to UOE or not)	Data type (sample-based or not)	Data source name in English	Reason	Description of the estimation method
Expenditure	Expenditure on private institutions	ISCED 1, 3, 5/6/7/8	all	national	based on enrolment figures returned by private institutions		No breakdown of household expenditure on private institutions exists.	Private institution enrolment figures are multiplied by estimated course fees in order to estimate private expenditure on private institutions
Expenditure	Most categories	ISCED 0,1, 2,3,4	all	national		enrolment data	No breakdown exists for some expenditure by ISCED level.	Enrolment figures by ISCED are used to make apportionment of larger first and second level figures into the relevant ISCED levels
Expenditure	Household expenditure	All levels	all	national	Household budget survey (sample based)	Household Budget Survey	No definitve household expenditure figures available	average household expenditure per houshold on each item (with inflation applied if it refers to a year earlier than the UOE reference year) is multiplied by the estimated number of households in the State in order to arrive at an estimate of the spend nationally.

For each UOE table, please list the source(s) used to compile information: UOE table, name, type, date of availability and responsibility.

Sources used for data on enrolments
Detailed variables concerned	Name of the source	Type (Survey / Register / Estimation / Other)	Responsible of the source (UOE data provider / Other: which-one?)
ISCED 0	Number of students in institutions subsidized by the government	Census of all Early Childhold Care and Education Scheme providers	Other: Department of Children and Youth Affairs
ISCED 1	Number of students in institutions subsidized by the government	Primary Online Database	UOE data provider
ISCED 1	Number of students in institutions not subsidized by the government	Private Primary Annual Census	UOE data provider
ISCED 2, 3 and 4	Number of students in institutions subsidized by the government	October Returns	UOE data provider
ISCED 2, 3 and 4	Number of students in institutions not subsidized by the government	Census of Non Aided Second Level Colleges	UOE data provider
ISCED 2, 3 and 4	Number of students in institutions subsidized by the government	Administrative Data	Other: Department of Social and Family Affairs/SOLAS
ISCED 5, 6, 7 and 8	Number of students in institutions subsidized by the government	Census: Student Record System	Other: Higher Education Authority
ISCED 5, 6, 7 and 8	Number of students in institutions not subsidized by the government	Survey	Other: Higher Education Authority

Sources used for data on entrants
Detailed variables concerned	Name of the source	Type (Survey / Register / Estimation / Other)	Responsible of the source (UOE data provider / Other: which-one?)
ISCED 2, 3 and 4	Number of students in institutions subsidized by the government	October Returns	UOE data provider
ISCED 2, 3 and 4	Number of students in institutions not subsidized by the government	Census of Non Aided Second Level Colleges	UOE data provider
ISCED 2, 3 and 4	Number of students in institutions subsidized by the government	Administrative Data	Other: Department of Social and Family Affairs/SOLAS
ISCED 5, 6, 7 and 8	Number of students in institutions subsidized by the government	Census: Student Record System	Other: Higher Education Authority
ISCED 5, 6 7 and 8	Number of students in institutions not subsidized by the government	Survey	Other: Higher Education Authority

Sources used for data on personnel
Detailed variables concerned	Name of the source	Type (Survey / Register / Estimation / Other)	Responsible of the source (UOE data provider / Other: which-one?)
ISCED 0	Number of personnel teaching pupils enrolled in ISCED 0	Census of all Early Childhold Care and Education Scheme providers	Other: Department of Children and Youth Affairs
ISCED 1,2 and 3	Number of teachers teaching pupils enrolled in aided schools at ISCED 1, 2, and 3	Administrative data	UOE data provider
ISCED 1,2 and 3	Number of teachers teaching pupils enrolled in non aided schools at ISCED 1, 2, and 3	Census of Private Primary schools and of Non Aided Second Level Colleges	Personel data are not available
ISCED 4	Number of teachers teaching pupils at ISCED 4	Administrative data	limited data availability
ISCED 5, 6, 7 and 8	Number of academic staff at tertiary level	Administrative data	Other: Higher Education Authority

Sources used for data on enrolments at regional level
Detailed variables concerned	Name of the source	Type (Survey / Register / Estimation / Other)	Responsible of the source (UOE data provider / Other: which-one?)
As per data on enrolments

Sources used for data on foreign languages learning
Detailed variables concerned	Name of the source	Type (Survey / Register / Estimation / Other)	Responsible of the source (UOE data provider / Other: which-one?)
ISCED 2 and 3	Number of students learning foreign languages in aided schools	October Returns	UOE data provider

Sources used for data on graduates
Detailed variables concerned	Name of the source	Type (Survey / Register / Estimation / Other)	Responsible of the source (UOE data provider / Other: which-one?)
ISCED 3	Number of graduates at ISCED 3	Register	Other: State Examinations Commission
ISCED 3 and 4	Number of graduates at ISCED 3 and 4	Register	Other: Quality and Qualifications Ireland
ISCED 5, 6, 7 and 8	Number of graduates at ISCED 5, 6, 7, and 8	Register	Other: Higher Education Authority/Quality and Qualifications Ireland

Sources used for data on education expenditure
Detailed variables concerned	Name of the source	Type (Survey / Register / Estimation / Other)	Responsible of the source (UOE data provider / Other: which-one?)
ISCED 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 (public expenditure)	Irish government public appropriation accounts	Audited expenditure data from each relevant government department	Various Departments, the Comptroller and Auditor General.
ISCED 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 (parts of private ependiture)	Household Budget Survey	Survey	Central Statistics Office
R&D expenditure ISCED 5, 6, 7 and 8	Higher Education and Research and Development survey	Survey	Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation
VET expenditure	Irish government public appropriation accounts	Audited expenditure data from each relevant government department	Various Departments, the Comptroller and Auditor General.

Not Applicable

Length of time between data availability and the event or phenomenon they describe. Typically includes:

Information related to the latest reference year (academic year t-t+1, or financial year t)
Data collection			Post-collection phase		Dissemination/publication in your country		Additional comments on deadlines and timeliness
Type of data	Start date	End date	Start date	End date	Start date	End date	Additional comments on deadlines and timeliness
	September year t	January year t+1	October year t	July year t+1	1st September t+ 1	Continuous

The extent to which statistics are comparable between countries.

A. Deviations between the national methodology and the UOE Manual: non financial data

Reference period	Data collection period	Reference date for student and personnel ages

Enrolment: data collection period	Enrolment in multiple fields of education	Count of students: if relevant, detailed list of variables for which double counting are significant and why.	Regional enrolment	Foreign languages learning

Entrants	New entrants by field of education	Graduates from specific programmes	Graduates by field of education

Educational personnel in work- and school-based combined programmes	Educational personnel taxonomy: classroom teachers (ISCED 0-4) and academic staff (ISCED 5-8)	Educational staff at ISCED level 0	Educational personnel at ISCED levels 5-8	Educational personnel and temporary replacements

B. Deviations between the national methodology and the UOE Manual: financial data

Expenditure at the pre-primary level - the childcare component
Reference period	Expenditure at the pre-primary level: is the childcare component excluded (yes/no/partially)?	If yes, which is exactly the share of "day care component" to be excluded from the data on the pre-primary level? If no, which estimation method is used to determine the share?	Expenditure for teaching/academic hospitals	Ancillary services expenditure	Evening child care

Cost of a dual-system programme to the employer.	Adjustment of enrolments in case there is no data on expenditure at the workplace	Expenditure for contributions on pension schemes	Households' payments for private tutering	Student living costs	Ancillary services coverage

The extent to which statistics are comparable or reconcilable over time.

	Main changes compared to data transmitted for the previous reference period
	Enrolments	Entrants	Personnel	Foreign languages learning	Regional data	Graduates	Education expenditure
Changes in the educational system
Changes in the coverage
Changes in the methodology
Other changes	improvements in data reporting by other Department	improvements in data reporting by other Department			improvements in data reporting by other Department	improvements in data reporting by other Department	improvements in data reporting by other Departments and search for missing sources

Main changes over time
Type of data	Detailed variables concerned	Reference year(s)	Changes in the educational system	Changes in the coverage	Changes in the methodology	Other changes
Data on entrants at ISCED 5		2017 onwards	There is an increase in ISCED 5 from 2015/16 to 2016/17 due to an increase in Part Time students under this category. This increase is mainly due to an increased number of courses being offered at several institutes.
Data on enrolments at ISCED 0	Data on enrolments at ISCED 0	2017 onwards			Previously, most of the data in this category was reported at age as at 1st April. However, this caused some issues when data is compared to the population by a single year of age. Data for 2017 onwards is reported using the reference date for age as at 1st January, in order to match with population age estimates, which are reported at age as at 1st January. As a result, some children may appear to be too young to enrol but they may enrol into ECCE scheme in April 2017 and being 3y.o. at that time, but in January 2017 they were much younger. So when age data is shifted, kids might look too young for ECCE scheme.
Data on enrolments at ISCED 0	Data on enrolments at ISCED 0	2011 onwards	Reported in the UOE returns from UOE 2011 onwards only. The Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) Scheme, introduced in 2010 provides a free year of early childhood care and education for children of pre-school age. In general, children are eligible for the ECCE scheme if they are aged over 3 years 2 months and less than 5 years 6 months on 1 September of the year that they will be starting. The upper age limit can be extended in some cases.	Prior to the introduction of the ECCE data was unavailable on the number of children enrolled in ISCED 0 education and the data was for the most part missing. The introduction of the ECCE scheme brought the introduction of data capture.
New Entrants at ISCED 3 in private educational institutions	Data on new entrants at ISCED 3 in private educational institutions	2009 onwards		Coverage expanded to include new entrants in private educational institutions.
New Entrants at ISCED 5A and 5B - part time students	Data on new entrants at ISCED 5A and 5B for part time students	2008 onwards		Coverage expanded to include data on new entrants to part time courses at ISCED level 5A and 5B
Graduates at ISCED 3 and ISCED 4;	Data on graduates at ISCED 3 and ISCED 4,	2005 onwards		Because of the availability of better data, we included data on graduates from training programmes at ISCED level 3C (programmes that are of shorter duration than typical 3A programmes) and level 4. Last year only about one third of these graduates were included and many were included in level 4 when they should have been level 3.
Graduates at ISCED 5-8	ISCED5-8	2014 onwards		The data availability has been improved and therefore we included QQI data on graduates at this levels to already available HEA data
Expenditure	Expenditure on welfare servies for students	2010 onwards		For the first time in 2010, an item of expenditure on payments made to unemployed people who return to education is included, this scheme is known in Ireland as the "Back to Education Initiative". The total expenditure across all levels is in the region of €180m
Expenditure	Expenditure on ISCED 0 institutions	2009 onwards		For the first time we have included some additional coverage of the private sector at ISCED 0. This covers some public funding in private pre-primary institutions. As a result for the first time we can have a meaningful figure for expendiure per pupil at ISCED 0.
Expenditure	Expenditure distribution between ISCED levels 1-4	2009 onwards			As a result of receiving financial data which for the first time was allocated to levels of education (as opposed to estimating the allocations at each level), we were able to arrive at a more accurate distribution of expenditure at ISCED levels 1-4

Early childhood education programmes
ISCED 01 programmes		Reporting of Age in ISCED 0		Personnel in ISCED 0				What is the starting age of compulsory Primary education (ISCED 1)? This is needed for the calculation of ECE indicators such as 'Pupils aged between 4 years old and the starting age of compulsory education, by sex - as % of the population of the corresponding age group'
Do Early Childhood Educational Development programmes (ISCED 01) exist in the country (YES/NO)?	If Yes, are these programmes included in the UOE data collection (YES/NO)?	Are children under the age of 3 reported as participating in ISCED 02 Pre-primary education programmes? (YES/NO)	If YES, please explain why.	Are Classroom Teachers and Teacher Aides reported separately in the UOE data collection? (YES/NO)	If NO, why? How are they reported?	What is the minimum level of qualification required to become a Classroom Teacher at ISCED 01 and 02? Please give ISCED level.	What is the minimum level of qualification required to become a Teachers’ Aide at ISCED 01 and 02? Please give ISCED level.
YES	YES	NO		YES		4	3	6

Adult education programmes and "continuing education"
Are adult education programmes included in the data? (YES/NO)	If NO, why?	If YES, does the national definition of “adult” or “continuing” education fully comply with the category as defined by the UOE manual?	If the national definition of “adult” or “continuing” education programmes does not fully comply with the category as defined by the UOE manual, how it is assessed that the national “adult” or “continuing” programmes are similar or equivalent to corresponding initial education?
YES		YES

Students enrolled in educational institutions organised by ministries other than ministry of education
Do educational programmes organised by Ministries other than Ministry of education exist in the country (YES/NO)?	If Yes, what is the coverage of these programmes in the UOE data collection?	If Yes, and if relevant,which of those programmes are excluded from the UOE data collection?
NO

National programmes not covered by the UOE data collection, by ISCED level - Reasons why they are not covered
Programmes not covered at ISCED 0-Early childhood education	Programmes not covered at ISCED 1-primary level of education	Programmes not covered at ISCED 2-lower secondary level of education	Programmes not covered at ISCED 3-upper secondary level of education	Programmes not covered at ISCED 4-post-secondary non-tertiary education	Programmes not covered at ISCED 5-short-cycle tertiary education	Programmes not covered at ISCED 6– Bachelor's or equivalent level	Programmes not covered at at ISCED 7 – Master's or equivalent level	Programmes not covered at ISCED 8 – Doctoral or equivalent level

Tertiary education programmes (ISCED Levels (5-8)
Orientation of programme in tertiary education		Personnel in tertiary education, Academic staff
Does the orientation (general/academic, vocational/professional) in tertiary education (ISCED levels 5 to 7) exist in the country (YES/NO)?	If YES, what is the national definition of the programme orientation?	Are PhD candidates who are employed and hold titles such as teaching assistant, teaching associate, teaching fellow, research assistant reported as academic staff in the UOE data collection (YES/NO)?
NO		NO

ISCED levels not covered
	Enrolments	Entrants	Personnel	Foreign languages learning	Regional enrolments	Graduates	Education expenditure
Data not covered	Partial Coverage of enrolments in private non-aided educational institutions - the coverage varies by ISCED level	Partial Coverage of enrolments in private non-aided educational institutions - the coverage varies by ISCED level	Partial Coverage of enrolments in private non-aided educational institutions - the coverage varies by ISCED level. Also, there are issues with data availability at ISCED4 level	Partial Coverage of enrolments in private non-aided educational institutions - the coverage varies by ISCED level	Partial Coverage of enrolments in private non-aided educational institutions - the coverage varies by ISCED level	Partial Coverage of enrolments in private non-aided educational institutions - the coverage varies by ISCED level	Partial coverage of expenditure in private institutions, and of private expenditure.
Reasons for unavailable data and, planned actions to improve coverage	Private non-aided educational institutions are not obliged to return data to the Department - we are working on improvement of coverage and also exploring data estimation techniques.	Private non-aided educational institutions are not obliged to return data to the Department - we are working on improvement of coverage and also exploring data estimation techniques.	Private non-aided educational institutions are not obliged to return data to the Department - we are working on improvement of coverage and also exploring data estimation techniques.	Private non-aided educational institutions are not obliged to return data to the Department - we are working on improvement of coverage and also exploring data estimation techniques.	Private non-aided educational institutions are not obliged to return data to the Department - we are working on improvement of coverage and also exploring data estimation techniques.	Private non-aided educational institutions are not obliged to return data to the Department - we are working on improvement of coverage and also exploring data estimation techniques.	We are working on improving our estimates of private expenditure. Data on expenditure on private institutions is difficult to obtain and the quality of estimates can suffer from the unreliability of the underlying data (enrolments etc) used as a basis for estimation.

Vocational training		Programmes shorter than one semester (or Implementation of the semester rule)
Are vocational and technical training programmes in enterprises included in the UOE data collection (YES/NO)?	If Yes, how is the 10% school based component over the whole length of the programme assessed?	Do (formal) programmes of shorter duration than one semester, full time equivalent duration as defined nationally, exist (YES/NO)?	If Yes, how their duration (shorter than one semester) is assessed?	Are all programmes of shorter duration than one semester, full time equivalent duration as defined nationally excluded from the UOE data collection (YES/NO)?	If NO, how does the coverage deviate from the UOE Manual recommendation?
NO (run by Solas and provided by Educational Training Boards)	The training courses are provided by Educational Training Boards. Partner Employers provide work-based learning opportunities and collaborate with Education and Training Boards (ETBs) on existing and new programmes to identify skills gaps in different sectors and industries	YES	There is a small number of courses with duration being less than 10 weeks. These courses lead to the National Qualification	NO	There is a number of courses that is shorter than 10 weeks but these courses lead to the National Qualification (e.g. Forklift skills)

Special education needs (SNE) programmes
Are students in special education included in the data provided on enrolments, entrants, graduates and regional data (YES/NO)?	If NO, could you please specify for which questionnaires and explain why?
YES

Domestic educational activities		Distance learning / e-learning programmes
Are all country’s domestic educational activities reported in the UOE data collection (YES/NO)?	If NO, which domestic educational activity (e.g. for example Distance learning/e-learning involving two countries, commuting students, foreign campus, European administration schools, etc.) are not reported and why?	Are distance learning programmes data reported in the UOE questionnaires? (YES / NO / Partially / Not relevant)	If NO, please explain why.	If Partially, which ones are excluded and for what reasons?	If distance students are included in the data, are national distance learners in programmes organised by institutions outside your country excluded?
NO	Foreign campus, online study/distance learning. Data from private sector is not available	YES - for Further Education level only			data from Institutions outside of Ireland are excluded (ISCED5-8)

Students participating in exchange programmes (credit mobile students)			Foreign languages learning
Are students in short term postings (i.e. exchange programmes (credit mobility)) excluded from the population of students in the data collection (YES/NO)?	If Yes, how the length of their stay abroad is assessed?	If NO, why they are not excluded?	Are students with SNE (Special Needs Education) enrolled in special schools excluded from the data on foreign languages? (YES/NO)	Apart from SNE pupils, is the scope of the population the same as the total of students enrolled? (YES/NO)	If NO, which pupils are not included?
YES	no data available		YES	YES

Graduates: unduplicated count
Is the method of unduplicated count used for calculation of Graduates in the UOE data collection (YES/NO)?	If YES, please explain the method.
YES	We use unique persons identifiers to remove possibilities of counting same person graduated from few programmes

Submission dates for the latest reference year (academic year t-t+1, or financial year t)
Deadline for transmission of data: 30 September t+2					Deadline for transmission of data: 30 November of t+2
Enrolments	Entrants	Personnel	Foreign languages learning	Regional data	Graduates	Education expenditure
1 September year t + 2	1 September year t + 2	1 September year t + 2	1 September year t + 2	1 September year t + 2	1 November year t + 2	30 December year t + 1

1.1. Contact organisation

1.2. Contact organisation unit

1.3. Contact name

1.4. Contact person function

1.5. Contact mail address

1.6. Contact email address

1.7. Contact phone number

1.8. Contact fax number

2.1. Data description

2.2. Classification system

2.3. Coverage - sector

2.4. Statistical concepts and definitions

2.5. Statistical unit

2.6. Statistical population

2.7. Reference area

2.8. Coverage - Time

2.9. Base period

3.1. Source data

3.2. Frequency of data collection

3.3. Data collection

3.4. Data validation

3.5. Data compilation

3.6. Adjustment

4.1. Quality assurance

4.2. Quality management - assessment

5.1. Relevance - User Needs

5.2. Relevance - User Satisfaction

5.3. Completeness

5.3.1. Data completeness - rate

6.1. Accuracy - overall

6.2. Sampling error

6.2.1. Sampling error - indicators

6.3. Non-sampling error

6.3.1. Coverage error

6.3.1.1. Over-coverage - rate

6.3.1.2. Common units - proportion

6.3.2. Measurement error

6.3.3. Non response error

6.3.3.1. Unit non-response - rate

6.3.3.2. Item non-response - rate

6.3.4. Processing error

6.3.4.1. Imputation - rate

6.3.5. Model assumption error

6.4. Seasonal adjustment

6.5. Data revision - policy

6.6. Data revision - practice

6.6.1. Data revision - average size

7.1. Timeliness

7.1.1. Time lag - first result

7.1.2. Time lag - final result

7.2. Punctuality

7.2.1. Punctuality - delivery and publication

8.1. Comparability - geographical

8.1.1. Asymmetry for mirror flow statistics - coefficient

8.2. Comparability - over time

8.2.1. Length of comparable time series

8.3. Coherence - cross domain

8.4. Coherence - sub annual and annual statistics

8.5. Coherence - National Accounts

8.6. Coherence - internal

9.1. Dissemination format - News release

9.2. Dissemination format - Publications

9.3. Dissemination format - online database

9.3.1. Data tables - consultations

9.4. Dissemination format - microdata access

9.5. Dissemination format - other

9.6. Documentation on methodology

9.7. Quality management - documentation

9.7.1. Metadata completeness - rate

9.7.2. Metadata - consultations

11.1. Confidentiality - policy

11.2. Confidentiality - data treatment