Mr. John MacGabhann:

Yes. The person who does not have 300 hours and who lacks full registration usually is restricted, not least because that person cannot go abroad with a licence from this country to teach abroad.

Therefore itdoes not have the protections under the European directive's mutual recognition of qualifications. If one is looking for a minimum - and, by the way, I am not advocating this - there is a logic that 300 hours would be the minimum in the first year.