Due to a recent surge in enquiries about kayaking awards given before 1998 the TDU committee has drafted the following guidelines for equivalence and assimilation.

Prior to 1998 there was a variety of instructor or similar awards in Canoeing Ireland (the Irish Canoe Union as it was then) or Scouting Ireland. In 1998 the ICU undertook a large body of work to upgrade and update the award scheme to bring it in line with the standards of other EU bodies and to create a best in class awards scheme. At the time the ICU contacted all eligible instructors for crossover into the new scheme.

Holders of original certificates from before 1998 who did not avail of the cross over mechanism in place at that time may apply to the TDU committee to be assimilated into the current awards scheme on a case by case basis providing they can provide their original certificate.

The TDU committee will only accept first party enquiries which should be sent to committee@tdu.ie including a copy of the original certificate.