These guidelines have been prepared under the direction of the Curriculum Committee for Arts Education established by the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment.
| Chairpersons | Kieran Griffin | Irish National Teachers' Organisation |
| | Michael O'Reilly | Irish National Teachers' Organisation |
| Committee members | Eibhlín de Ceannt (from 1995) | Department of Education and Science |
| | Evelyn Dunne-Lynch (to 1995) | National Parents Council -- Primary |
| | Emer Egan (to 1995) | Department of Education and Science |
| | Pauline Egan | Catholic Primary School Managers' Association |
| | Sarah Gormley (from 1995) | National Parents Council -- Primary |
| | Michelle Griffin (to 1996) | Irish National Teachers' Organisation |
| | Sr Maria Hyland | Association of Primary Teaching Sisters/Teaching Brothers Association |
| | Noel Kelly | Irish Federation of University Teachers |
| | Maureen Lally-O'Donoghue | Irish National Teachers' Organisation |
| | Pádraig Mac Sitric | Department of Education and Science |
| | Dympna Mulkerrins | Irish National Teachers' Organisation |
| | Goretti Newell | Catholic Primary School Managers' Association |
| | Kay O'Brien | Management of Colleges of Education |
| | Ruairí Ó Cillín | Department of Education and Science |
| | Colum Ó Cléirigh | Irish Federation of University Teachers |
| | Gillian Perdue (to 1993) | Church of Ireland General Synod Board of Education |
| | Br Patrick Ryan (to 1995) | Teaching Brothers' Association/Association of Primary Teaching Sisters |
| | Mary Ryng | Irish National Teachers' Organisation |
| | Joy Shepherd | Church of Ireland General Synod Board of Education |
| Education officers | Regina Murphy | |
| | Catherine Walsh | |