Damien English (Meath West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Section 46B was introduced as an amendment on Committee Stage in the Seanad to provide for the publication of certain information on the outcomes of fitness to teach inquiries. It was further amended on Report Stage in the Seanad to set out in a clearer manner the provisions in relation to the circumstances in which the council would inform the public of such information. It provides that the council shall, where satisfied that it is in the public interest to do so, advise the public when, on foot of a fitness to teach inquiry, a decision takes effect to remove a teacher from the register, suspend a teacher from the register, retain the teacher on the register subject to conditions, or advise, admonish or censure a teacher, or, where a similar decision taken in another state comes to the attention of the council. It also provides that the council shall, where satisfied that it is in the public interest to do so and following consultation with the disciplinary committee, publish decisions made by a panel following a fitness to teach inquiry and, where there has been a finding against the teacher, publish that finding.

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