Seán Sherlock (Cork East, Labour)
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196. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) in County Laois who is a registered teacher with conditions can teach. [29313/18]

Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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The recruitment and appointment of teachers to fill teaching posts is a matter for the individual school authority, subject to procedures agreed under Section 24 of the Education Act 1998 (as amended by the Education (Amendment) Act 2012).

The policy of the Department is to ensure, as far as possible, that the Managerial Authorities of Primary and Post Primary schools give priority to unemployed registered teachers who are fully qualified when filling vacant teaching posts.

The Teaching Council is the statutory body for the registration of teachers including the recognition of teaching qualifications. Conditional registration is granted when a registered teacher has not fulfilled all of the Teaching Council’s registration requirements. The condition(s) applied to a teacher’s registration, the mechanisms to address them and the time period afforded are notified to the teacher by the Teaching Council when the teacher registers with the Council.