“Minister for Education and Skills (Deputy Ruairí Quinn): I move: ‘That the Bill be now read a Second Time’. I am pleased to bring the Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) Bill 2011 before the House. The main purpose of the Bill is to amalgamate the National Qualifications Authority of Ireland, the Higher Education and Training Awards Council, known as HETAC, and the Further Education and Training Awards Council, known as FETAC, into a new agency entitled the Qualifications and Quality Assurance Authority of Ireland …” (more)
[Dáil Éireann, 22 May]