Clare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent)
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200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he will implement Part 5 of the Teaching Council (Amendment) Act 2015. [15648/16]

Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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Under the Teaching Council Act 2001, the Teaching Council is, since 2006, the body with statutory authority and responsibility for the regulation of the teaching profession.

The Teaching Council Act has been commenced on a phased basis and the next step in the commencement schedule is Part 5 (Fitness to Teach), the provisions for which were amended in the Teaching Council (Amendment) Act 2015. Part 5 provides, inter alia, for grounds of complaint to the Council concerning a registered teacher, how the Council will deal with such complaints, a range of potential sanctions and appeals of decisions.

Officials of my Department are liaising closely with the Teaching Council in relation to the arrangements for Part 5, and I intend to commence that part shortly, along with other sections of the amended Act.