John O'Donoghue (Kerry South, Fianna Fail)

It is not proposed to accept this amendment. The effect of it is specifically to provide that training et cetera delivered by the authority can be carried on outside of the State. There is no need for the amendment because there is no restriction on where training might be carried out. As long as that training is in connection with the functions of the authority there is nothing to prevent it, if it wishes, from entering into arrangements with institutions in other countries to allow training of persons abroad. It is not considered necessary to provide specifically for such an eventuality in legislation.

It has long been the tradition for tourism training of certain sorts to incorporate some training abroad. CERT has over the years had extensive experience in trans-national programmes, some involving exchange students in the United States, Germany, France, Spain, the United Kingdom, Sweden and Italy. CERT currently has a number of projects under this heading.