The Department of Education has established a National Policy Group to develop a coherent long term strategic framework for lifelong guidance as recommended in the Indecon report on Career Guidance Tools and Information. The group comprises the relevant Departments i.e.; Department of Education; Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science; Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth; Department of Social Protection and Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment, all of whom are identified in the report as having a specific remit in relation to guidance.
The role of the Guidance Counsellor in colleges of Further Education is a matter for the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science.