Ciarán Cannon (Galway East, Fine Gael)
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Safe Pass is a one day safety awareness training programme for workers in the construction industry, on completion of which each worker is issued with a Safe Pass card that is valid for four years. The Safe Pass card is recognised in the U.K under an agreement on the mutual recognition of registration cards in respect of health and safety awareness training in place between FÁS and the U.K. Construction Skills Certification Scheme.

FAS is not currently aware of any similar programmes in operation in other EU member states. However, in the event that a person were to present a form of safety awareness training certification issued by an authority in another EU member state, FÁS would seek to establish its comparability with Safe Pass, and engage with the relevant authority in that country with a view to developing a mutual recognition agreement, as appropriate.