Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 8 September 2022
1313. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 170 of 6 July 2022, if any of the members on the steering committee in relation to abolishing the QQI certification hold a QQI certification; and his views on allowing members with a QQI certification to be added to participate on the committee in the interest of fairness. [42854/22]
Amharc ar fhreagraEstablishing a Licensing Authority for the construction sector was a key recommendation arising from the Bearing Point report, commissioned in 2017. It is not possible to ascertain, if the consultants from Bearing Point held QQI certifications.
However, as part of their research within the period May through October 2017, BearingPoint consultants met with key stakeholders from the construction industry, Government Bodies and their agencies, together with Trade Unions and the Construction Industry federation, many of whom are very likely to have held QQI qualifications, specifically, those individual who were \ are qualified tradespeople.
