Kathleen Funchion (Carlow-Kilkenny, Sinn Fein)
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90. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures or plans in place for the reimbursement of pay owed to teachers who have recently registered with the Teaching Council and that had been working to date as full-time teachers without being fully registered due to the backlog with the Teaching Council in relation to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8864/19]

Joe McHugh (Donegal, Fine Gael)
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Save for limited exceptions (provided for in Ministerial Regulations (S.I. No. 32/2014), Section 30, of the Teaching Council Act 2001, prohibits payment from Oireachtas funds to people employed as teachers in recognised schools unless they are registered with the Teaching Council, the statutory body for the registration of teachers. There will be no retrospective payment for a period during which a person is unregistered.

The Teaching Council has confirmed that the registration process for teachers adheres to the timelines notified on its website.