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To assist all members, particularly the self-employed
and to protect them against the growing menace and the
devaluing and damaging activities of the unskilled. To
protect
against bureaucratic discrimination, against penal taxation
and adverse legislation. Equally, to protect the public
by instilling among members a greater sense of responsibility,
making members aware of the national importance of the
services they offer, monitoring these standards to
ensure that the Academy's high standards are being maintained,
and by encouraging members always to strive for excellence.
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To encourage an interchange of views among members
and the public,
to endeavour to unite these views and bring them to
the attention of the Government and local authorities
in order to safeguard the livelihood and welfare of
the members and their dependants.
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To
bring together all trained people engaged in a craft,
art, trade profession or vocation in order to safeguard
the interests of craftsmen and the public.
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To publicise these high standards through the national
and local media, thus creating public awareness of the
ideals and aims of the Academy and its members.
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To ensure that the minimum qualifications for membership
preserve the high standards of the Academy by excluding
those untrained.
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To promote to the public the trading assets of the members,
their honour, professional expertise and integrity,
their high standards and the value for money which they
offer.
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To constitute a pressure group to seek the support of
one or more Members of Dail Eireann to make sure that
someone speaks up for the interests of the Academy members
where it matters most.
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To provide clear identification and recognition for
members so as to enable the public to distinguish them
from the untrained who pass themselves off as craftsmen
and so increasingly to attract and direct work to members
of the Academy.
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To foster learning among the apprentices and students
in order to perpetuate the survival and success of their
particular craft.
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To promote sponsorship of the
Academy by persons, firms
and organisations whether by financial support, by endorsement
of the activities of the Academy or by patronage.
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To promote research within the craft, trade, art, profession
or vocation in which members are engaged, for their
own benefit and that of the public
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