Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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Question 190: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress being made here towards reaching the Bologna Accord criteria. [17788/06]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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In May 2005, European Ministers met in Bergen to review progress on the implementation of the Bologna Declaration. As part of the preparation for this meeting, each country produced a national report on progress on implementation and Ireland's report was prepared by a national steering group. The national steering group is chaired by the Department of Education and Science and has nominees from a number of organisations including the Irish Universities Association, the Council of Directors of Institutes of Technology, the Dublin Institute of Technology, the Higher Education Authority and the National Qualifications Authority of Ireland. I am arranging to forward a copy of this report to the Deputy which sets out the progress in relation to the Bologna action lines.

Since the meeting of Ministers in May 2005 in Bergen, my Department has continued to work with stakeholders in higher education in Ireland in facilitating implementation of the Bologna Declaration. If there any specific aspects of the Bologna Declaration that the Deputy would wish to have further information on I would be pleased to arrange to forward these to him.