Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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The Teaching Council registers teachers under the Teaching Council Act 2001-2015 and in line with the Teaching Council Registration Regulations, 2016. As set out in the Schedule of the Regulations, the Council registers teachers under five routes of registration: Route 1 - Primary, Route 2 - Post-primary, Route 3 - Further Education, Route 4 - Other and Route 5 - Student Teacher. The registration requirements for each route is set out in the Teaching Council [Registration] Regulations 2016.

The Minister has no role in the registration of individual teachers, and the Teaching Council as the statutory body is the point of contact for applicants seeking information as to the status of their registration.

However, the Teaching Council has informed me that the person that the Deputy is referring to in this query has been registered in accordance with their recent application to the Teaching Council.