National Advisory Committees

National advisory committee (TIMSS Fourth Class)

(Membership as of September 2025)

  • Aedín Ní Thuathail (IPPN)
  • Aidan Clerkin (ERC)
  • Áine Lynch (National Parents Council – Primary)
  • Cormac Ó Tuairisg (Gaeloideachas)
  • Eddie Fox (Educate Together)
  • Gráinne McHugh (ERC)
  • Máirín Ní Chéileachair (INTO)
  • Maria McGrath (DEY Inspectorate, Chair)
  • Mark Bohan (DEY Curriculum and Assessment Policy Unit)
  • Micheál Killilea (DEY Social Inclusion Unit)
  • Patrick Sullivan (NCCA)
  • Seán Delaney (Marino)
  • Shane Leonard (Oide)

National advisory committee (TIMSS Second Year)

  • Aidan Clerkin (ERC)
  • Anne O’Dwyer (Mary Immaculate College)
  • Elizabeth Smith (DEY)
  • Gerry Hyde (SEC)
  • Kathy O’Sullivan (University of Galway)
  • Linda Ramsbottom (DEY, Chair)
  • Liz O’Neill (DEY)
  • Mark Bohan (DEY)
  • Niamh O’Meara (University of Limerick)
  • Oliver McGarr (University of Limerick)
  • Páraic Treacy (Mary Immaculate College)
  • Paul Behan (NCCA)
  • Rachel Linney (NCCA)
  • Ryan Gallagher (UCC)
  • Sylvia Denner (ERC)

The Terms of Reference for the TIMSS National Advisory Committee (Second Year) are available here.