Josepha Madigan (Dublin Rathdown, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

UCD can offer accreditation. As I said, that is currently under review. The Deputy is correct. There was a procurement process and the contract was awarded to UCD in the first instance. There was a public procurement competition. The outcomes are being reviewed by the Department, with a view to seeing what further training programmes we can introduce. It is important to emphasise that this is the first one that has ever been done in UCD. That does not mean we cannot have training programmes in other universities or further and higher education venues. The NCSE recommended that it be at level 5 of the national qualifications framework, which is what the training does. The outcomes in terms of accreditation are being examined. As I said, there is an ongoing conversation, which I do not want to jeopardise, with UCD around accreditation. That is at an intense stage.