Michael Collins (Cork South-West, Independent Ireland Party)
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393. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the case of an appeal for a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7217/25]

Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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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 minimum registration requirements for each route are set out in the Regulations.

The Teaching Council is the regulator of the teaching profession in Ireland. Their role is to protect the public by promoting and regulating professional standards in teaching. They do this through the statutory registration of teachers, ensuring a highly qualified teaching profession, whose members meet and uphold high standards of professional competence and conduct.

In order to be a primary school teacher (Junior Infants to Sixth Class) in the Republic of Ireland, you must meet the following requirements.

Hold a recognised Bachelor of Education (B.Ed.) degree

Or

Hold both:

In order to be registered as a post-primary teacher in the Republic of Ireland, you must meet the following qualification requirements:

Entry way 1

Hold an Honours Bachelor Degree (NFQ Level 8) or equivalent which at the time of application, and

Hold a Teaching Council approved initial teacher education qualification directed towards first to sixth years.

Entry way 2

Hold a Teaching Council approved concurrent degree qualification in post-primary initial teacher education which combines the study of one or more curricular subjects which with teacher education studies directed towards first to sixth years.

When recruiting people to teaching positions, employers must comply with the registration requirements of the legislation under the Teaching Council Act and with S.I. No. 32/2014. Section 30 of the Teaching Council Act which requires that an applicant for a teaching position in a recognised school be registered with the Teaching Council in order to be paid from Oireachtas-voted funds.

There is no mechanism whereby what is being sought can be facilitated, as the transparent and equal application of published regulations and procedures in the State are important legal principles.