Ciarán Cannon (Galway East, Fine Gael)

This amendment removes the function of the authority to promote its awards. The authority will be responsible under section 9(1)(a) for maintaining and promoting the national framework of qualifications. The framework contains the awards of a range of awarding bodies and it is not considered correct that the authority should promote its own awards over others in the framework. The authority should focus on promoting the framework as a whole.

Amendment agreed to.