Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 21 October 2020

Public Accounts Committee

2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills

4:30 pm

Mr. Seán Ó Foghlú:

The over-70s issue is a Bus Éireann policy and is not necessarily part of the review, but I can ask for its rationale again.

We work closely with our partners in the various jurisdictions in Ireland and Great Britain. The UK formally announced in the past week or so that it would proceed with written exams. We work closely with it and we have networks of engagement with it on, for example, qualifications, quality assurance and inspectorates. There are two aspects to that. Within Ireland as a whole, it is important to have North-South relationships. We had input from the Northern exams body into our work. It is also important in the context of Brexit that we have relationships with our colleagues in England, Wales and Scotland. We are working towards that.

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