Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)
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250. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure that construction, warehousing and other other courses being offered to jobseekers in future have a safe pass and manual handling certification included in view of the fact that SOLAS and education and training boards are responsible for former FÁS courses and training facilities. [49376/13]

Ciarán Cannon (Galway East, Fine Gael)
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This is a day-to-day operational matter for SOLAS.

I am informed that Safe Pass is a renewable licensing requirement for all persons working in the construction sector as opposed to a certificate of training. Safe Pass is not currently contained within these programmes nor is it envisaged that it will be included in these programmes in the future.

Construction, warehousing and other courses being offered cannot offer manual handling certificates, as such accreditation is no longer available through Quality Qualifications of Ireland (QQI).