Jonathan O'Brien (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein)
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141. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the qualifications needed for a person to teach a FETAC course. [48227/13]

Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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As the Deputy will be aware, FETAC was dissolved in November 2012 and its functions are now performed by Quality and Qualifications Ireland (QQI).

Before providers can have their programmes of education and training validated by QQI they must agree their overall procedures for quality assurance and enhancement. Those procedures address the recruitment and training of staff. The responsibility for ensuring that tutors or trainers have the appropriate knowledge, skill and competence to deliver a programme leading to an award made by QQI lies with the provider, which operates within an overall quality assurance relationship with QQI, and is subject to monitoring and periodic review by QQI.

It should be noted that teachers who are employed in recognised schools and who teach programmes leading to QQI awards must have their qualifications recognised by, and be registered with, the Teaching Council.