Alan Dillon (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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653. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the third level CPD accredited courses available in counties Mayo, Galway and Roscommon; and the number in areas such as biomedical, electrical engineering, software and digital skills. [38100/20]

Alan Dillon (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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672. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the third level CPD accredited courses available in counties Mayo, Galway and Roscommon; the number in areas such as biomedical and electrical engineering, software and digital skills; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38497/20]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 653 and 672 together.

A list of higher education courses in NUIG and GMIT in the fields specified by the Deputy is attached. Further education courses can be searched by location and field on and a searchable register of all qualifications recognised under the national framework of qualifications (NFQ) can be found at .

My Department does not have a role in determining whether a given course counts as CPD or not – this is determined by employers or by professional regulatory bodies. In addition, many CPD courses do not lead to a qualification on the NFQ and are not accredited by QQI or a higher education institution. They are not provided by further or higher education institutions, and not regulated by my Department.

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