Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour) | Oireachtas source

It is precisely for the reasons the Deputy has enunciated that we have decided to reform the system. The vast majority of providers do, in fact, provide a good service, but there are people who have totally exploited the system and used it for immigration and work purposes. We want to root them out. That is why we will have new rules that will have to be complied with, including having directors of companies declared, a protection scheme for students and a requirement that a certain standard be met. That is all going to happen and it would have happened sooner, but court cases were taken against us, as the Deputy knows. However, it is about to happen and I am very confident that this is how we will restore the reputation of the international education centres.

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