Eoghan Murphy (Dublin South East, Fine Gael)
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852. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on an extension of the deadline regarding a matter (details supplied) which concerns programmes at an international college of technology. [41048/14]

Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour)
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As the Deputy will be aware, the Minister for Justice and Equality and I announced a set of robust regulatory reforms of the international education sector on 2 September. The purpose of those reforms is to protect the consumer and educational interests of genuine international students, to tackle abuse of the labour market and the immigration regime, and to safeguard the strong international reputation of high-quality Irish education providers.

It is the view of both myself and the Minister for Justice and Equality that the reforms are urgently required and will significantly enhance the overall quality of Ireland's international education offering, reduce the risk to our reputation from the activities of lower quality operators and enhance the net benefits of internationalisation to the labour market and wider economy. For that reason it is not proposed to delay their introduction.