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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Teacher Recruitment: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Apr 2018)

Ms Joanne Irwin: I thank the Chairman. The Teachers' Union of Ireland, TUI, represents more than 17,000 teachers and lecturers employed by education and training boards, community and comprehensive schools, voluntary secondary schools and institutes of technology. We welcome the opportunity to address the joint committee on this very important issue. As members will know, Ireland has...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Teacher Recruitment: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Apr 2018)

..., particularly in areas of Dublin where it is very expensive to live and very expensive to travel owing to traffic and other factors. The pay issue was mentioned by the representatives of the TUI. I acknowledge that the third level colleges say their remit is more than teacher training but they have a role in this. The whole mismatch of supply needs to be addressed urgently. There is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Teacher Recruitment: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Apr 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: ...to continue. Teachers are leaving the country in droves and leaving the profession in droves. It is clear that there is a crisis. I really want to support the unions on this, particularly the TUI. We need to see pay restoration; that is key in all of this. It is not the only thing, but it is one of the key things.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Teacher Recruitment: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Apr 2018)

...the option to come back. This is important. There is a perverse positivity around the fact that we are losing some teachers internationally. They are in very high demand. My colleague from the TUI mentioned that. It is evident when one travels internationally. The quality of people whom we get into initial teacher education is exceptional, as is the quality of our graduates. It is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Teacher Recruitment: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Apr 2018)

...for substitute teachers. I think that would help. If I had one choice, entry to the PME would comprise perhaps an interview as well as just an application. I concur with my colleague from the TUI: there is a subsidy to Hibernia in the sense that Hibernia is treated exactly the same in our schools as the State colleges are in that we provide the same service for the PME students at no...