Thomas Byrne (Meath East, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Health and Education) Bill 2018 is winding its way through the Seanad. The Joint Committee on Education and Skills had anticipated it would conduct a stakeholder engagement but because the Government moved it into the Seanad quickly, unfortunately, that could not happen. What are the Government's proposals for this legislation? We are not satisfied with the protections offered to teachers in the language college sector in the Bill, and nor are we satisfied with the Government's level of engagement on this issue.

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