Denis Naughten (Roscommon-Galway, Independent)
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583. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a list of Acts or sections or other provisions of Acts for which a commencement order has yet to be signed in his Department; the reason for the delay; when commencement orders will be signed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4762/22]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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Sections 9, 14, 23, 25 to 33 and 38 of the Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) (Amendment) Act 2019 are yet to be commenced.

These sections pertain to new statutory functions for Quality and Qualifications Ireland (QQI) which will empower the agency to conduct Corporate Fitness assessments of education providers, to establish a new national fund for the protection of enrolled learners, to broaden the range of awards that are included in the national framework of qualifications and to introduce the International Education Mark (IEM) which will provide a full quality framework for the provision of education to international learners including for the English language education sector.

My Department is working closely with QQI to put in place the necessary precursor elements to underpin the introduction of these new functions including the drafting of relevant Ministerial Regulations. It is expected that these sections will be commenced on a phased basis over the course of this year.