Long story cut short.
A colleague done a training course in the UK. The course was done to international standards, (which Ireland is signed up to) The standard achieved is stated on their uk certificate.
The same course can also be done in Ireland and an Irish certificate issued bearing the same standard, but they chose to do it in the UK as it's cheaper.
In order for the colleague to use their uk certificate in Ireland, a particular Irish govt dept must give them a 'certificate of equivalency'.
However, this dept will not recognise his UK certificate for some unknown reason.
There is an EU directive that says that certificates of this type issued in an EU country must be mutually recognised in all EU countries and equivalencies issued.
He has sent the relevant directive to the dept with no response and still no certificate. He is losing work because of this. (but can work fine in the UK!)
Can anyone give an opinion as to how to get the directive enforced or how to go about complaining. The govt dept concerned dont want to know.
A colleague done a training course in the UK. The course was done to international standards, (which Ireland is signed up to) The standard achieved is stated on their uk certificate.
The same course can also be done in Ireland and an Irish certificate issued bearing the same standard, but they chose to do it in the UK as it's cheaper.
In order for the colleague to use their uk certificate in Ireland, a particular Irish govt dept must give them a 'certificate of equivalency'.
However, this dept will not recognise his UK certificate for some unknown reason.
There is an EU directive that says that certificates of this type issued in an EU country must be mutually recognised in all EU countries and equivalencies issued.
He has sent the relevant directive to the dept with no response and still no certificate. He is losing work because of this. (but can work fine in the UK!)
Can anyone give an opinion as to how to get the directive enforced or how to go about complaining. The govt dept concerned dont want to know.