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Publication of The Whitaker%u2019s Economic Report
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Adoption of The Whitaker Report
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The Investment in Education Team recommended a reorganised curriculum to bring education into harmony with industrial, commercial and agricultural needs of the new state
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an initiative to include schools catering for pupils with special education needs was introduced
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Investment in Education Report
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The Primary Certificate Examination was terminated
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One of the more controversial features of the "investment thinking" was the recommendation that a number of small schools should be closed in keeping with cost-effect procedures
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The introduction of the Free Education Scheme
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Ends 5 years later in 1974
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Recommendation that Children of the Travelling Community should be accommodated in ordinary primary schools
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Introduction of Remedial Resource support in primary schools
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Introduction of the child-centred, New Primary School Curriculum
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Ending the project which started in 1969
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Boards of Management were introduced in school governance
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The Central Applications Office was established (C.A.O.)
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Introduction of Designation of Disadvantage
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The Curriculum and Examination Board was established
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Home School Community Liaison Programme
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Points System Introduced
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Green Paper on Education
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Early Start Programme
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Charting our Education future: White Paper on Education
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Breaking The Cycle
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Education Act, 1998
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Education Welfare Act
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EPSEN Act, 2004
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Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2007