Michael McNamara (Clare, Independent)
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582. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive their Solas safepass card given that this one-day course was completed on 29 September 2021;; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51117/22]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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Under the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (Construction) Regulations 2013, craft and general construction workers, persons undertaking on-site security work and persons or classes of persons as may be prescribed by the relevant Minister are required to hold a safety awareness registration card (Safe Pass card). Safe Pass training and assessment is delivered by SOLAS Approved Training Organisations (ATOs) and tutors.

SOLAS has informed my Department Mr. Maguire attended a Safe Pass programme in September 2021 with an approved SOLAS training provider. However, when the provider was seeking to process Mr. Maguire's application, it was discovered that he was using three variants of his name. The provider initiated contact with Mr. Maguire on three occasions seeking to address the matter and release his Safe Pass card. Regrettably, Mr. Maguire failed to engage with the provider for some time, only contacting them in January 2022. The training provider offered several solutions to Mr. Maguire to obtain his Safe Pass, which included a full refund of his course fees. SOLAS initiated further contact with Mr. Maguire and the provider to address matters, but Mr. Maguire did not accept the solutions offered.

Subsequently, Mr. Maguire took his complaint directly to the Ombudsman, who ruled against Mr. Maguire in this matter. At this point, the training provider and SOLAS believe they have made every effort to provide Mr. Maguire with his card.