Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 1110: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the qualifications of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be recognised on appeal by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24683/05]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The Registration Council is the statutory body responsible for the recognition of qualifications for the purposes of post-primary teaching here. The council stipulates that to be eligible for recognition as a post-primary teacher, a person must hold: a suitable degree or equivalent award, not including a training-in-teaching qualification, but with recognised post-primary subject(s) taken as major component(s) of the degree programme. The duration of such a degree programme must be at least three years of full-time study or equivalent, and, a recognised training-in-teaching qualification equivalent to the higher diploma in education. The duration of such a programme must be at least one year of full-time study, or, a suitable degree or equivalent award with recognised post-primary subject(s) taken as major component(s) of the degree programme, incorporating a training-in-teaching course recognised as being equivalent to the higher diploma in education. The duration of such a degree programme must be at least four years of full-time study or equivalent.

Following a detailed examination of the qualifications of the person referred to by the Deputy, the Registration Council decided that these qualifications did not satisfy the requirements. The person was notified of this decision and of the reasoning behind it in April 2005. The decision has now been appealed and the appeal will be considered at the next meeting of the council, due to take place on 29 September.