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Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Teaching Council (Amendment) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (26 Mar 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: I move amendment No. 26:In page 17, to delete line 15 and substitute the following:"(i) "a complaint" for "an application or an appeal", and".

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Teaching Council (Amendment) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (26 Mar 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: I move amendment No. 27:In page 18, line 8, to delete "the Council may not consider" and substitute "the Investigating Committee may not consider". This is a technical amendment. The intention of the proposed section 42(7C) as inserted by section 15(i) of the Bill is to provide that where the investigating committee has obtained the vetting disclosure it may not consider specified...

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Teaching Council (Amendment) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (26 Mar 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: It refers to the code of conduct of the council, not the Minister, who is not in any way involved in this.

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Teaching Council (Amendment) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (26 Mar 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The council makes the decision, not the Minister, and it would be quite extraordinary if the council agreed to deregister a teacher in this context. When it receives a complaint, the council has to make decisions on the basis of its own codes and its own requirements.

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Teaching Council (Amendment) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (26 Mar 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: In the context of a disagreement with the Minister in an industrial dispute it would be extraordinary.

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Teaching Council (Amendment) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (26 Mar 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: Anybody can make a complaint.

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Teaching Council (Amendment) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (26 Mar 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The council has to decide immediately whether it is a relevant complaint and it goes through the processes we spoke about earlier in terms of the investigating committee.

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Teaching Council (Amendment) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (26 Mar 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: That is not feasible at all in my opinion in terms of how the council would operate.

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Teaching Council (Amendment) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (26 Mar 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: If the Deputy requires further reassurance on the matter I will return to it on Report Stage, but as far as I am concerned that is completely off-side from the purposes of the legislation we are dealing with.

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Teaching Council (Amendment) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (26 Mar 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: I agree that we do not want unintended consequences but this is about ensuring teachers are fit to teach and that children are protected.

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Teaching Council (Amendment) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (26 Mar 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: I will return to it on Report Stage but I think Deputy Boyd Barrett's fears are entirely unfounded no matter who is the Minister for Education and Skills.

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Teaching Council (Amendment) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (26 Mar 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: I move amendment No. 28:In page 21, lines 13 and 14, to delete all words from and including “and” in line 13 down to and including line 14 and substitute the following: “(ii) by the substitution of “the Director” for “the Disciplinary Committee”, and (iii) in paragraph (a), by the substitution of “the complainant” for...

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Teaching Council (Amendment) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (26 Mar 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: I move amendment No. 29:In page 23, line 28, to delete “and” and substitute the following:“(c) by the insertion of the following paragraphs after paragraph 5:“5A. For the purposes of an inquiry under section 43, a panel may consider—(a) the information (in so far as that information relates to the conduct the subject of the inquiry) contained in a vetting...

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Teaching Council (Amendment) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (26 Mar 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: I move amendment No. 30:In page 24, to delete lines 9 to 11 and substitute the following: “(i) by the substitution of “sections 32, 34, 35 or 45 (amended by the Teaching Council (Amendment) Act 2015)” for “sections 34 or 35”, and”.

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Teaching Council (Amendment) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (26 Mar 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The issue relating to sections 28 and 29 must be addressed but it is not appropriate to this legislation. I will introduce further legislation in the near future. Section 28 of the Education Act 1998 provides for grievance and appeal procedures in schools. It expresses a desirability of determining appeals and resolving grievances in the schools concerned. I am not satisfied that the...

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Teaching Council (Amendment) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (26 Mar 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: Yes, I refer to the admissions to schools Bill. We hope to publish it by the end of April.

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Teaching Council (Amendment) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (26 Mar 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: I understand the objective of what the Deputy is seeking to achieve. However, I consider it to be unnecessary at this time. The existing suite of provisions for ongoing oversight of the implementation of the Teaching Council Act and operations of the Teaching Council are comprehensive. The main purposes of the Bill under consideration are to underpin the Teaching Council's statutory...

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Teaching Council (Amendment) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (26 Mar 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The amendment seeks to put in place a specific timeframe within which the Act should be reviewed. I suggest that there are ways, other than setting a particular timeframe, of ensuring legislation is kept under review. For this reason, I would be reluctant to include a specific timeframe in primary legislation. There are many ways in which the Act can be kept under review. This committee...

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Teaching Council (Amendment) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (26 Mar 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: I do not think that is relevant to this legislation.

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Teaching Council (Amendment) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (26 Mar 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: I have just been informed that the council has purchased the building within which its offices are located. This will result in a cost saving for the council over time.