Jack Wall (Kildare South, Labour)
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Question 203: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Question No. 434 of 2 October 2007, if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is entitled to attend one of the primary teaching colleges to do a graduate diploma course in view of the fact that they are now a temporary resource teacher in a primary school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24551/07]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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I understand that what is at issue here are the entry requirements that must be satisfied by applicants for the Post Graduate Diploma in Education (Primary Teaching). 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 are common to all Colleges of Education that provide teacher training, and which include an honours level primary degree (a degree at Level 8 on the National Qualifications Framework).