Dr. Jim Murray:

The Deputy mentioned the statutory quality assurance guidelines which, critically, are enforceable by QQI once we start the scheme. The thing to remember is that QQI has operated formal quality assurance across all public and private higher education and further education for over a decade and, before that, the predecessor agencies did that. There is a wealth of experience and expertise. What we have got to think about in terms of the English-language sector is that we are integrating them into that system. I am not sure that the whole school evaluation is the model we are trying to imitate. It is the institutional review model that has operated across our universities, and across further and higher education, that we are working with. We will integrate the English-language education sector into that broader tertiary system where there will be huge learning for the sector. We will start including English-language education providers in all of our enhancement activities. We do an awful lot of work on assessment across all of the sectors. Once they are formally part of our system, they will be part of all of that and this will cut into the issue around CPD. Over time we will look at the necessary qualifications for the sector. If we see that there are deficiencies, we will remedy them over time. The critical thing is that we get the scheme going because that is the gateway to helping the system to mature, as Mr. Moynes has said, and to raising all the boats together into a very high-quality system. It will be part of our tertiary system so we will bring to bear all of the tools and processes that help to elevate quality.