Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Ms Fox told me that 116,000 teachers are registered in the State. She said it is the largest professional registration of all. When we talk about teachers available for July provision, Ms Fox cannot give me any estimate between 2,400 and 24,000 out of 116,000. She has given a figure of 1,200 who have been made available by the Teaching Council's changes to the entry level process. It is difficult for this committee not to have anything in between. If the Teaching Council does not know how many are needed, how will it make changes or facilitate teachers being made available?