Seanad debates

Thursday, 19 December 2013

Adjournment Matters

Pilot Training Colleges

2:55 pm

Photo of Caít KeaneCaít Keane (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister. I suppose he means there is nothing he can do. The matter of the liquidation of the company has been referred to the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement. I do not know what will happen in that regard. It has also been referred to the Garda Bureau of Fraud Investigation. If an arm of the State is licensing any educational body or a private company in particular, the Department should make careful inquiries. I do not mean to infer that this body was set up as a money-collecting machine but it can happen where money is collected from students and then the company is liquidated after two years, leaving students stranded. There will need to be safeguards. I believe this company was taking bookings from students in the knowledge that the company was not viable. I look forward to the report of the Director of Corporate Enforcement. I ask the Minister to consider my suggestion.

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