Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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70. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the legislative proposals his Department is working on to make it an offence to advertise and provide academic cheating services for students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24659/17]

Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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I published the General Scheme of a Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Amendment) Bill on Monday 15th May 2017, following approval by Government.

This new Bill contains provisions which will make it an offence to provide or advertise any form of academic cheating services such as those provided by essay mill companies.

The type of approach that is proposed in the General Scheme will ensure that Ireland is one of the first countries to take measures to address this issue.

The General Scheme of the Bill will now be submitted to the relevant Oireachtas Committee for pre-legislative scrutiny.