Written answers
Tuesday, 13 October 2009
Department of Education and Science
Departmental Bodies
12:00 pm
Brian Hayes (Dublin South West, Fine Gael)
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Question 497: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the annual budgets for the Teaching Council of Ireland since it was established; the number of staff working in this organisation and their total annual salaries; and the amount of money the Teaching Council has received through annual subscriptions from teachers since it has been established. [35491/09]
Batt O'Keeffe (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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The Teaching Council Act 2001 provided for the Teaching Council to be funded by my Department for 2 years after the establishment day, which was 28 March 2006. The funding provided by my Department is set out below.
2006 - €2.991 million
2007 - €3.082 million
2008 - €0.849 million
The Teaching Council became a self funding body from 28 March 2008. The Council raises its funding from, in the main part, teachers' initial registration and renewal of registration fees. The annual registration fee is currently €90. In addition the Council has the capacity to charge fees for other services associated with registration including providing copies of or additional registration certificates, letters of professional standing, reviewing programmes of teacher education and qualification recognition. For the full calendar year 2008, the average number of employees was 41 (of which 28.5 are permanent staff). The gross salary cost for 2008 was €1,594,524. Since the Teaching Council became self-financing in March 2008, fees received from teachers are as follows:-
2008 - €5.02 million
2009 (to end of September) - €5.36 million
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