Jack Wall (Kildare South, Labour)
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Question 434: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her Department's plans to address an anomaly (details supplied) that exists within the postgraduate programme in primary teaching; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21730/07]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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I believe that the issue to which the Deputy refers is the degree requirement that must be satisfied by applicants for the Post Graduate Diploma in Education (Primary Teaching) and the fact that this degree must be at level 8 on the National Qualifications Framework, whilst there are other academic qualifications at level 8 on the Framework which are not honours degrees and do not satisfy this particular minimum entry requirement.

I consider that in the case of Primary School Teacher Training it is essential that participants applying for the course meet the required criteria, as currently set down, which include an honours level primary degree (a degree at Level 8 on the National Qualifications Framework).