Rose Conway-Walsh (Mayo, Sinn Fein)
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623. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of newly-registered primary school teachers with the Teaching Council who received their teaching qualification from a college (details supplied) in each of the years since 2014; the number each year that registered with a professional master's in education; the number with a bachelor of education as their highest teaching qualification from the college; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22244/21]

Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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Under the Teaching Council Acts 2001-2015 the Teaching Council is the body with statutory authority and responsibility for the regulation of the teaching profession in Ireland including the registration of teachers in the State. 

The figures provided by the Council in the table detail the number of newly qualified primary teachers from the institution referring to by the Deputy from 2014-2020.

All of these teachers were registered on the basis of a postgraduate qualification primary teaching qualification (Higher Diploma in Arts in primary Education / Professional Masters in Education). The institution referred to by the Deputy did not and do not offer a Bachelor of Education concurrent qualification.

The Teaching Council inform me there are a number of caveats to this data, namely: 

- These numbers relate to newly qualified teachers (NQTs) who registered with the Council using the fast-track NQT registration process. Primary Teachers who registered outside this process are not  counted.

- The number for 2014 is an approximate.

Rose Conway-Walsh (Mayo, Sinn Fein)
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624. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of newly-registered primary school teachers with the Teaching Council in each year since 2014 with a professional master's in education; the number with a bachelor of education as their highest teaching qualification; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22245/21]

Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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Under the Teaching Council Acts 2001-2015 the Teaching Council is the body with statutory authority and responsibility for the regulation of the teaching profession in Ireland including the registration of teachers in the State. 

The Council has provided the information requested in the table below, the number of newly qualified primary teachers primary across all providers since 2014 broken into Consecutive and Concurrent qualifications.

The Teaching Council inform me there are a number of caveats to this data, namely:  

- These numbers relate to the qualifications of newly qualified teachers (NQTs) transferred to the Council from HEIs.

- A small number of NQTs may not have completed the registration process.

- Primary Teachers who registered outside the NQT summer fast track process are not counted.

- The number for 2014 is an approximate.