Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 13 February 2024
620. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will support calls for post-graduate medicine courses in Ireland to be upgraded from QQI level 8 to QQI level 9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6497/24]
View answerThe Medical Council is the regulator of the medical profession in Ireland. The Medical Council sets and monitors standards for undergraduate, and postgraduate medical programmes and the bodies that deliver them to ensure that curricula are in line with Medical Council rules, criteria, standards and guidelines.
I am not aware of any proposals to upgrade the Graduate Entry Medicine Programme to a level 9 qualification. Students graduating from these programmes graduate with the same award as those who have studied on the direct entry undergraduate programmes. Both programmes are placed on the National Framework of Qualifications at level 8, an honours degree.
