Mary Mitchell O'Connor (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Amendments Nos. 17 and 18 are technical amendments that will provide Quality and Qualifications Ireland, QQI with the discretion to determine when an existing provider must demonstrate its compliance with the criteria established for corporate fitness. The effects of these amendments is twofold. Firstly, it will enable QQI to provide a transition period for existing providers before they become subject to this section. Secondly, it will ensure that providers who frequently invoke certain provisions of the Act will not be required to demonstrate compliance unless QQI requests them to do so.