Questions

373. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of applications received in each of the past five years from teachers returning from abroad seeking incremental credit for overseas teaching experience; the number approved and refused in each year, in tabular form; the engagement her Department has had with the teacher unions on the recognition of non-EU teaching experience; the steps be…

621. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Education and Youth if teachers registered with the teaching council under route 4, the route designated for individuals who hold recognised special education teaching qualifications obtained outside the State, are classified as qualified or unqualified teachers for pay and permanency; if her Department's payroll circulars take into account the full qualifications pr…

260. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether consideration is being given to streamlining or fast-tracking the recognition process for teaching qualifications and school placements completed in jurisdictions with comparable education standards and regulatory systems to Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39352/26]

262. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of registered teachers currently employed in schools under conditional or temporary registration arrangements pending completion of the route 3 recognition processes, by school year, in tabular form. [39360/26]

83. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will instigate a review of the Teaching Council’s Registration routes and open a public consultation for feedback from teaching professionals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29149/26]

226. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Youth the criteria used to recognise teaching experience gained abroad for the purposes of salary scale placement; whether experience gained in accredited private international schools delivering programmes such as the International Baccalaureate is considered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27806/26]

227. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether there are plans to introduce a system whereby teachers working abroad can have their experience assessed for salary scale purposes in advance of returning to take up a position in the State; and if she will consider introducing such a mechanism. [27807/26]

228. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Youth ; if her Department has assessed the impact of current rules regarding recognition of overseas teaching experience on the ability of qualified teachers to return to Ireland; and if any reforms are planned in light of ongoing teacher shortages. [27808/26]

229. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of applications for recognition of overseas teaching experience have been made in each of the past five years; the number that were approved in full, in part, or refused; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27809/26]

232. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Education and Youth to consider recognising years of teaching experience abroad, in terms of the teachers’ pay scale, as an incentive for teachers living abroad to return home to Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27845/26]

1248. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware that the NCSE has refused to fund the final teaching practice component of a Master of Qualification (MQ) in Deaf Education, even though colleagues in similar roles have previously received NCSE support to complete this qualification; if she will intervene to ensure that these teachers can complete their qualification and therefore p…

1309. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Education and Youth to respond to correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24444/26]

1507. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Youth to consider the creation of supports to ensure that those people who are registered with Teaching Council through a route 3 to be able to access a PME; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26668/26]

636. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Education and Youth the status of the Teaching Council’s recognition of the postgraduate programme “iPGCE with iQTS: SEND – Postgraduate Certificate in Primary Education with International Qualified Teacher Status (SEND)” delivered by Coventry University through NITE in England; whether completion of this qualification allows a graduate to register as a primary special e…

333. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide an update on whether the postgraduate master’s in education (PME) refund scheme will open for applications; the expected timeline for a decision on the matter, the number of applications currently being processed from the previous scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15743/26]

315. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Education and Youth the Teaching Council process following a request by a third level institution for the accreditation of a course leading to a teaching qualification; the length of time such accreditation takes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13538/26]

139. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will review the case of a person (details supplied); the status of their PME scheme application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13163/26]

603. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether Youthreach experience as a resource person is counted for incremental credit when moving into a post-primary teaching role; if so, the reason the same experience is not uniformly recognised for those remaining in Youthreach; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9890/26]

529. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth the plans to reinstate the qualification allowance for teachers, particularly for training and further education in special education subjects; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6102/26]

554. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Education and Youth if the recognition of teaching years abroad is being addressed (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6309/26]

564. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether her Department has examined models used in comparable countries to recognise overseas teaching experience for salary and incremental purposes; whether any costed proposals were considered during recent budget processes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6378/26]

587. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education and Youth to outline the eligibility criteria for the awarding of incremental credit to teachers with experience in private schools at primary level. [4481/26]

1258. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether qualified secondary school teachers can do substitute work in primary schools; if individual primary schools have the right to refuse such qualified teachers substitute work solely on the grounds that they are qualified in secondary rather than primary education. [2198/26]

412. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Education and Youth the measures her Department is taking to provide a fair and accessible pathway to primary teacher registration for qualified, experienced teachers who hold Irish teaching degrees and have substantial overseas primary teaching experience; if she will consider extending to these teachers the same pre-assessment and shortfall-identification process recen…

555. Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department has put in place a pathway for those qualified as primary school teachers with a recognised British teaching qualification, who have not completed the two-year induction period in that jurisdiction, to allow them to complete their induction in Ireland. [62112/25]