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‹ Questions on Promised Legislation

Qualifications and Quality Assurance Bill

Summary

Deputy O’Sullivan asked when the Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Amendment) Bill would proceed, citing work on bogus English language schools. Minister Bruton said the heads of the Bill had been approved, the committee had decided no pre-legislative scrutiny was needed, and drafting was under way.

I referred to the Qalifications and Quality Assurance (Amendment) Bill. The Tánaiste will remember that when she was Minister for Justice and Equality, I was Minister for Education and Skills. We did a lot of work together on bogus English language schools, the importance of rooting out the bogus schools and dealing with the exploitation of young people who had come from other countries to learn English in Ireland. The Minister for Education and Skills might want to address this issue. The joint committee has decided not to carry out pre-legislative scrutiny of the Bill. When will it be brought before the House?

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Richard Bruton Minister for Education and Skills Fine Gael

The heads of the Bill were approved earlier this year and published on 15 May. There was a meeting of the joint committee on 17 July when it was determined that the Bill did not require pre-legislative scrutiny. It has been referred for drafting.

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That concludes questions on promised legislation. Our apologies to the six Members who were not reached.

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