Kathleen Lynch (Cork North Central, Labour)
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Question 50: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Question No. 475 of 16 December 2008, if the National Qualifications Authority of Ireland has responded to his assignment of responsibility for regulating international education programmes; when he expects the NQAI to begin to operate in this new regulatory capacity; if he will inform all the stakeholders involved in international education programmes here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7910/09]

Batt O'Keeffe (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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Officials from my Department are engaged in discussions with the National Qualifications Authority of Ireland (NQAI) to put in place arrangements for the Authority to assume responsibility in this area. It is intended that maintenance of the Internationalisation Register, a function currently undertaken by my Department, will be handed over before the end of 2009. In doing this, the NQAI will seek to strengthen the criteria for inclusion on the Register and ensure that such criteria complement the Authority's key functions in implementing the National Framework of Qualifications. All stakeholders will be informed of any changes in this area and, in particular, adequate notice will be given of the introduction of strengthened criteria.