Matt Carthy (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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454. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the Baccalauréat Professionnel level 4 on the European Qualifications Framework is considered a comparable qualification to the Green Certificate level 5 Quality and Qualifications Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58910/21]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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Quality and Qualifications Ireland (QQI), the State Agency responsible for maintaining the National Framework of Qualifications (NFQ), operates NARIC Ireland – the National Academic Recognition Information Centre. NARIC Ireland is responsible for providing advice on the recognition of foreign qualifications in Ireland and provides, where possible, comparability statements for a number of qualifications from various countries including France. These statements place foreign qualifications in the context of the Irish education and training system and the NFQ. These statements may be downloaded from the NARIC website at www.naric.ie.

NARIC Ireland’s comparability statement for the Diplôme du Baccalauréat Professionnel is available here -

www.qqi.ie/QualRec%20Comparability%20Statements/France_ID_904.pdf.

It compares this award to Irish awards at levels 4/5 on the NFQ. The Green Certificate programmes as offered by An Teagasc lead to a major award at level 5 and a specific purpose award at level 6 on the NFQ.

In addition to assisting the qualification holder, these statements can also be utilised by employers, funding agencies and education and training institutions to inform their determinations if the holder of this academic qualification is applying for a particular job, funding or course.