Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)

I support Deputy Brian Hayes in respect of this matter and the Department's lack of alacrity and speed with regard to dealing with bogus institutions advertising themselves as universities. Deputy Brian Hayes and I are stating that the Department must be much more proactive in respect of these matters. The Minister cannot step back and state that these issues must be dealt with by schools. Some of the comments he made in his reply to Deputy Brian Hayes's supplementary question were of far more assistance than the information contained in his initial reply. I agree with the Minister in respect of the IPPN, which is an excellent organisation. In the context of bogus universities, which do terrible damage to the third level sector in this country, and bogus or unqualified teachers, is there not an onus on the Department to move from first gear straight to top gear in the context of becoming more proactive?

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