These guidelines have been prepared under the direction of the Curriculum Committee for English established by the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment.
| Chairpersons | Declan Kelleher | Irish National Teachers' Organisation |
| | Bryan O'Reilly | Irish National Teachers' Organisation |
| Committee members | Anne Baxter | Catholic Primary School Managers' Association |
| | Patrick Burke | Irish Federation of University Teachers |
| | Mary Cogley | Irish National Teachers' Organisation |
| | Maureen Costello | Irish National Teachers' Organisation |
| | Seán Delaney | Irish National Teachers' Organisation |
| | Robert Dunbar | Church of Ireland General Synod Board of Education |
| | Margaret Farrar | Management of Colleges of Education |
| | Gabriel Fitzmaurice | Irish National Teachers' Organisation |
| | Francis Flanagan | Irish Federation of University Teachers |
| | Fiona Garvey | Irish National Teachers' Organisation |
| | Niall Huston | Church of Ireland General Synod Board of Education |
| | Br. Ultan McDermott
(to 1992) | Association of Teaching Brothers and Sisters |
| | Anne McGeough | Irish National Teachers' Organisation |
| | Sr. Nivard McGrath | Association of Teaching Brothers and Sisters |
| | Noel Moloney | Management of Colleges of Education |
| | Deirdre Ní Lideadha | Department of Education and Science |
| | Éamonn Ó Muircheartaigh | Department of Education and Science |
| | Breandán Ó Murchú | Department of Education and Science |
| | Anne O'Reilly | National Parents Council -- Primary |
| | Anne O'Shea | Catholic Primary School Managers' Association |
| | Deirdre Shortall | National Parents Council -- Primary |
| Co-opted advisors | Áine Cregan | Mary Immaculate College of Education -- Limerick |
| | Finian O'Shea | Church of Ireland College of Education -- Rathmines Dublin |
| Education officers | Paul Brennan | |
| | Edward Motherway | |