Organisational structure
QQI employs more than 80 staff
- Awards directorate
- Corporate services directorate
- Development directorate
- Integration directorate
- Partnerships division
![Padraig Walsh, QQI, CEO](/sites/default/files/styles/square_small/public/2021-10/padraig-walsh-qqi-ceo-cropped-211026.jpg?h=feea7788&itok=DvgZ4TRO)
Chief Executive Officer - Dr Padraig Walsh
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Awards
Areas of responsibility
- Qualification standards
- Initial access to validation
- Re-engagement
- Programme validation
- Programme monitoring
- Certification
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Corporate services
Areas of responsibility
- Provider Governance and Risk
- Finance and Procurement
- Human and Physical Resources
- Information and Communications Technology
- Programme Management
- Internal Audit
- Governance
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Development
Areas of responsibility
- International education
- Research and innovation
- International mobility - NARIC Ireland
- Recognition of prior learning
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Integration
Areas of responsibility
- Tertiary education monitoring and review
- National Framework of Qualifications
- Access, transfer and progression
- Qualifax
- Irish Register of Qualifications
- Listing of awarding bodies
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Partnerships
Areas of responsibility
- Stakeholder engagement
- Communications
- Academic integrity