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Tuesday, 20 June 2017

Department of Education and Skills

Teaching Council of Ireland

Photo of Niall CollinsNiall Collins (Limerick County, Fianna Fail)
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651. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address issues raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28996/17]

Photo of Richard BrutonRichard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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The Teaching Council is the statutory body that sets and upholds the standards for entry to the teaching profession.  All initial teacher education programmes (primary, post-primary and further education) in Ireland that lead to registration must have professional accreditation from the Teaching Council.  It is open to any higher institute of education to design a programme of initial teacher education and to apply to the Teaching Council to have it accredited.  St Angela’s College, Sligo is currently the only provider of initial teacher education for teachers of Home Economics.

Under the student grant scheme, eligible candidates may receive funding, provided they are attending an approved course at an approved institution and meet the prescribed conditions of funding, including those which relate to nationality, residency, previous academic attainment and means.  The handling of all student grant applications is a matter in the first instance for SUSI.  Applications for grant funding should be made to www.SUSI.ie.  It is important to note that the income thresholds for the student grant scheme take into consideration if there are more than four dependent children in the student’s family or if more than one child in the family is attending college.

There are some other supports available to students in financial need. This includes the Student Assistance Fund which provides funding, through the access offices of third-level institutions, to assist students in exceptional financial need. The access offices themselves also provide support and advice to students to enable them to continue with their studies.

 

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