Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

I take the Minister's word on that but there is a reference in section 15 to compliance with the code of conduct. In that code, which is not in the Bill, there is a requirement to adhere to the policy of the Department of Education and Skills. Therefore, if teachers engaged in industrial dispute and did not comply with the Department’s policy that code could be invoked as a reason not to register that person.