Batt O'Keeffe (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)

I move amendment No. 38:

In page 18, to delete lines 19 to 22 and substitute the following:

"who has received from it in any year prior to 2005 the degree of Bachelor of Architecture or the Diploma in Architecture of degree standard or in 2005 or any subsequent year the degree of Bachelor of Architecture (Honours), or such other degree, diploma or other qualification as may be prescribed and who, in each case—".

Section 12 relates to the eligibility criteria for registration. Amendment No. 38 restates the eligibility qualifications cited for entitlement to registration to comply with the format set out in the national framework of qualifications. The national qualifications framework is developed and maintained by the National Qualifications Authority of Ireland which was established in 2001 under the Qualifications (Education and Training) Act 1999. The national qualifications framework sets out the qualifications in the Irish educational system in a clear structure so that they can be measured and related to each other in a coherent way. Under the framework it is necessary to distinguish between the qualifications awarded prior to 2005 and those from 2005 onwards. It does not change the status or level of any qualification originally cited in the Bill.

Amendment No. 74 restates the eligibility qualifications cited for entitlement to registration as quantity surveyors to comply with the format set out in the national qualifications framework. Under the framework it is necessary to distinguish between the qualifications awarded prior to 2005 and those awarded subsequently. It does not change the status or level of any qualification originally cited in the Bill.

Amendment No. 75 amends the period of practical experience required for registration of quantity surveyors from seven years to two years as required by Article 13(2) of Directive 2005/36/EC on the recognition of professional qualifications. Amendment No. 76 is a purely technical amendment in line with amendment No. 75.

Amendments Nos. 97 and 98 restate the eligibility qualifications cited for entitlement to registration as building surveyors to comply with the format set out in the national qualifications framework as referred to earlier for architects and quantity surveyors. It also amends the period of practical experience required for registration of building surveyors from seven years to two years as required by Article 13(2) of Directive 2005/36/EC on the recognition of professional qualifications.

Amendment No. 38 was inserted at the request of the Department of Education and Science to link in with the recently developed national qualifications framework.

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