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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/1999-04-21/7/
21 Apr 1999 -
Martin That is already covered by the Bill in section 4 which sets out the objects of the Bill and in...achieved unless these bodies are fully informed and aware of both national and international trends in education...and training....Senator McDonagh is anxious that we insert a reference to international and national trends in education...and training, but there is no need.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1999-05-18/19/
18 May 1999 -
The principal aims of the Qualifications (Education and Training) Bill are: first, to establish and develop...– the framework of qualifications, the standards of awards, the quality of education and training provided...A provider of a programme of education and training is defined in the Bill as "a person who, or body...The provisions of the Bill will not predetermine who should provide education and training....Training Awards Council to make higher education and training awards, within the framework of qualifications
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/1999-04-22/6/
22 Apr 1999 -
is essential that the authority can give effect to appropriate ministerial policies in the areas of education...and training in the wider context of addressing the educational and training needs of the future....Any such policy will need to be consistent with the provisions of this Bill or the Minister could not...effect the policy without proposing the House amend the Bill....tabled take cognisance of these concerns and allow effective consultation between the Minister and the qualifications
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2001-03-22/133/
22 Mar 2001 -
Woods) The Qualifications (Education and Training) Act, 1999, provides for the establishment of three...new bodies: the National Qualifications Authority of Ireland, the Further Education and Training Awards...Council and the Higher Education and Training Awards Council....The provisions of section 29(8) of the Qualifications (Education and Training) Act, 1999, enable the...When the Act is brought fully into operation, it is intended that the Higher Education and Training Awards
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1999-06-30/81/
30 Jun 1999 -
Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine has completed its consideration of the Minerals Development Bill..., 1999, and has made no amendment thereto....The Select Committee on Education and Science has completed its consideration of the Qualifications (...Education and Training) Bill, 1999, and has made amendments thereto...., 1999, and has made amendments thereto.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1999-05-18/71/
18 May 1999 -
Under the terms of the Qualifications (Education and Training) Bill, 1999 currently being debated by...awarding councils – the further education and training awards council and the higher education and training...transfer and progression to be implemented by providers of education and training....All providers of education and training with programmes validated by either of the two new awarding councils...authority, in consultation with the Higher Education Authority.
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Debate: Select Committee On Education And Science
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/select_committee_on_education_and_science/1999-06-29/2/
29 Jun 1999 -
Section 4 deals with the objectives of the Bill, section 7 deals with the objectives of the authority...The Bill goes into considerable detail in terms of the authority's remit and its functions....That means new standards and new policies in relation to the framework of qualifications that will ultimately...However, the authority will have to inform itself of the education, training skills and qualification...and training which meet those requirements.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1999-05-18/16/
18 May 1999 -
The Taoiseach It is proposed to take No. 1, Qualifications (Education and Training) Bill, 1999 [Seanad
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/1999-04-21/4/
21 Apr 1999 -
The view of the educational and training world was that new bodies were required, new bodies in terms...of the higher education council and the further education council but also to embrace the world of training...We do not propose to do that because the Bill will effectively replace the National Council for Educational...We are of the opinion that the title "Higher Education and Training Awards Council" more widely reflects...The titles are aimed to reflect the broader picture the qualifications authority and the higher education
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/1999-06-16/4/
16 Jun 1999 -
Education (Welfare) Bill, 1999: Committee Stage.
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/1999-05-19/7/
19 May 1999 -
Education (Welfare) Bill, 1999: Second Stage.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1998-12-01/212/
1 Dec 1998 -
Martin) On 9 June 1998, the Government authorised the drafting of the Education and Training (Qualifications...) Bill....early in 1999....framework of qualifications....of transfer and progression arrangements within education and training.
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/1999-04-21/4/
21 Apr 1999 -
The Minister appoints the chairperson of the Higher Education and Training Council and the Further Education...They should be on the qualifications authority....It is not about control but about making sure the qualifications authority properly links the work of...the Further Education and Training Council with the Higher Education and Training Council....important that Ministers appoint high quality personnel and particularly important, as this is a radical Bill
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2006-05-16/20/
16 May 2006 -
Bill entitled an Act to amend the Regional Technical Colleges Acts 1992 to 2001, to amend the Dublin...Institute of Technology Acts 1992 to 2001, to amend the Higher Education Authority Act 1971, to amend...the Universities Act 1997, to amend the Qualifications (Education and Training) Act 1999, to repeal...sections 19, 37 and 38 of the Vocational Education (Amendment) Act 2001, and to provide for related matters
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2009-02-04/146/
4 Feb 2009 -
Mitchell Scholarship Fund Act 1998 (Amendment) Bill 2009, the Education (Patronage) Bill 2009 and the...Qualifications (Education and Training) Bill 2009....The Qualifications (Education and Training) Bill 2009 will replace the Qualifications (Education and...Training) Act 1999 in order to amalgamate the National Qualifications Authority of Ireland, the Higher...Education and Training Awards Council and the Further Education and Training Awards Council.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1999-03-23/29/
23 Mar 1999 -
Martin) The Qualifications (Education and Training) Bill, 1999, was published earlier this month and...The Bill, inter alia, will establish two new awarding councils, the Council for Further Education and...Training Awards and the Council for Higher Education and Training Awards....Under the Bill both of these councils will have the power to validate programmes of education and training...A programme of education and training in the Bill is defined in broad terms as “any process by which
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Debate: Select Committee On Education And Science
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/select_committee_on_education_and_science/1999-06-30/2/
30 Jun 1999 -
Martin We had an extensive debate on the Further Education and Training Awards Council yesterday on...The Bill is framed in the context of objects....The remit of all bodies under the Bill is to ensure the achievement of those particular objects....They include: to promote higher education and training, to promote and maintain procedures for transfer...Yesterday we discussed also the objects of the National Qualifications Authority.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2001-05-01/457/
1 May 2001 -
Minister for Education and Science (Dr....The Qualifications (Education and Training) Act, 1999, provides for the establishment of three new bodies...: the National Qualifications Authority of Ireland, the Further Education and Training Awards Council...and the Higher Education and Training Awards Council....I established the National Qualifications Authority of Ireland on a statutory basis on 26 February last
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Debate: Select Committee On Enterprise And Small Business
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/select_committee_on_enterprise_and_small_business/2000-12-12/2/
12 Dec 2000 -
Naughten ——and this Bill relates to the funding of that training....which is not approved by the National Qualifications Authority....The Department of Education and Science's White Paper on Adult Education, Learning for Life, refers to...recognition for training programmes....is no reference made to the National Qualifications Authority in the Bill?
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Debate: Select Committee On Education And Science
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/select_committee_on_education_and_science/1999-06-29/2/
29 Jun 1999 -
There was a strong message from those involved in education and training that universities should be...Arising from this, the Bill sets out that the existing universities will have a nominee on the National...Furthermore, the National Qualifications Authority will work with the Higher Education Authority in reviewing...We consider that the set of provisions in the Bill best provide a way for the universities to be involved...the Bill provides that the Higher Education Authority must consult with the qualifications authority
