Education Statistics Liaison Group (ESLG) Meeting
Location: Central Statistics Office, Ardee Road/Microsoft Teams
Date: 12th December 2022
Attendance
20 people attended the 2nd ESLG meeting in the CSO Rathmines office and remotely via Microsoft Teams, representing 9 Public Services Bodies. A full list of those in attendance can be found at the end of this document.
Agenda
Item 1 - Welcome and Introduction - Paul Morrin (CSO), Tomás Ó Ruairc (DoE)
Paul Morrin and Tomás Ó Ruairc opened the meeting and welcomed members to the liaison group
Item 2 - Gender Earnings Gap, the Role of Motherhood and Job Dynamics - Olive Sweetman (Maynooth University)
- Presented findings from research undertaken using a research microdata file of the Educational Longitudinal Database
- The findings highlighted that gender differences in earnings emerged early in graduates’ careers after controlling for a range of other background factors
- Discussion on the findings, that the gender gap is particularly apparent for women with children and hours of work may contribute about half of the earnings reductions.
Questions / comments:
- Query on whether the impact of second and subsequent children can be investigated
- Benefit to capturing voluntary/parental leave in systems.
Presentation - Gender Earnings Gap - The Role of Motherhood and Job Dynamics (PPT 4,245KB)
Item 3 - Teacher Supply - Steven Lucas (DoE)
- Presented findings on a survey to measure the extent of teacher recruitment challenges
- Provided an overview on work to quantify imbalances in post-primary teacher deployment
- Discussion on further breakdowns such as geography/school location and seniority
Questions / comments:
Item 4 - European Graduate Tracking Initiative - Valerie Harvey (HEA)
- Provided an overview of graduate tracking in Ireland which includes the HEA’s Graduate Outcomes Survey and the CSO’s Educational Longitudinal Database
- Provided background to the European Graduate Tracking Initiative and outlined how there is little rational for carrying out an additional graduate survey in Ireland
- Discussed how the Ireland will participate in the Initiative by providing aggregate tables from the Educational Longitudinal Database
- At least half of the information in the Eurograduate survey can be provided by the administrative data
Questions / comments:
- Admin data missing hours worked
- No plans to drop HEA’s current Graduate Outcomes Survey
Presentation - European Graduate Tracking Initiative (PDF 12,928KB)
Item 5 - AOB / Open Discussion
- Kieran Culhane provided an update on the CSO’s upcoming work program regarding the Educational Longitudinal Database
- Trudy Duffy (DFHERIS) highlighted the work being done to bring the Department’s research and data needs together
- Paul Morrin informed the group of Deirdre Cullen’s upcoming retirement and, in her absence, wished her a happy and rewarding retirement
Action Items
- Circulate presentation slides from meeting to all ESLG members
- Organise next ESLG meeting
- Ask for volunteers to present at the next meeting
| Attendees – In Person, CSO Ardee Road |
| James O’Brien |
(DoE) |
| Violeta Moloney |
(DoE) |
| Steven Lucas |
(DoE) |
| Trudy Duffy |
(DFHERIS) |
| Oliver Ratcliffe |
(DFHERIS) |
| Janice Lau |
(HEA) |
| David Horan |
(NAO) |
| Paul Morrin |
(CSO) |
| Kieran Culhane |
(CSO) |
| Brian Stanley |
(CSO) |
| Attendees – Remotely via Microsoft Teams |
| Tomás Ó Ruairc |
(DoE) |
| Valerie Harvey |
(HEA) |
| Richard Dolan |
(SEC) |
| Arancha Oviedo |
(QQI) |
| Karen Eastwood |
(Teaching Council) |
| Nora Condon |
(Solas) |
| Deirdre Lynch |
(CSO) |
| Eamon O’Leary |
(CSO) |
| Pamela Lafferty |
(CSO) |
| Olive Sweetman [Guest Presenter] |
(Maynooth University) |
| Apologies |
| Deirdre Cullen |
(DoE) |
| Selen Guerin |
(Solas) |
| Padraig Brock |
(DoE) |
| Deirdre Lillis |
(DFHERIS) |
| Mary-Liz Trant |
(NAO) |
