Eileen Flynn (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I have had experience where, say, ten or 12 Traveller women are doing a course in any area and then they are told that the provider is waiting to hear back from the Department if it can be accredited at the end of the year. Women are taking part in courses and then finding out at the very end that it is not accredited. Obviously it is still educational but they do not have the credits. We need to look at changing this because I have seen it on the ground in community work around some of the courses on health, addiction and poverty. It is important we support people and that the Department is very clear. People should not have to live in hope that by the end of a course they will have an accredited qualification.