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129 questions match, newest first.

Cian O'Callaghan Written 22 May 2025 · to Education
216. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if the position for already qualified teachers receiving permanent teaching contracts is the same as the new policy for newly qualified teachers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26490/25]
Michael Cahill Written 14 May 2025 · to Education
85. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth to urgently address the significant barriers in progressing to the Professional Master of Education (PME) program due to the Teaching Council's current lack of recognition of Irish Sign Language as an eligible qualification (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24594/25]
Willie O'Dea Written 7 May 2025 · to Education
169. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will reinstate the previous routes which were available to people, such as teaching assistants already working in education, to allow them to become fully qualified teachers under route 4; and what can be done about the practice of educational institutions preying on the opacity of the teaching council registration system to sell enrolments on…
Joe Cooney Written 7 May 2025 · to Education
200. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Education and Youth if, following her recent statements in relation newly qualified teachers being fast tracked to permanency after a one year period, she will clarify whether the same rights will be afforded to teachers who have been in temporary or substitute contracts for a number years and are still awaiting permanency; if teachers who were previously permanent but re…
Michael Healy-Rae Written 30 Apr 2025 · to Education
83. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education if a person (details supplied) is entitled to a refund under the PME fee refund scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21643/25]
Grace Boland Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Education
821. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education the qualifications needed for teachers to teach children in need of special education teaching hours; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18951/25]
Eoghan Kenny Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Education
967. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education if reviews are taking place in third level special education teaching courses; if so, to minister provide these reviews; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20118/25]
Darren O'Rourke Written 8 Apr 2025 · to Education
524. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education if he is aware that students who undertook the graduate diploma in physical education at Portobello Institute were under the clear understanding that it would qualify them to teach physical education as an additional subject, only to be told by the Teaching Council that it does not; if he has been contacted in relation to this; his plans to address this ano…
Jen Cummins Written 1 Apr 2025 · to Education
373. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education for an update regarding her Department's plans to expand and change the criteria needed for teacher qualification in order to address the teacher shortages; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15091/25]
Ruairí Ó Murchú Written 26 Mar 2025 · to Education
81. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Education to outline the background and rationale for advising a home economics teacher currently working in a secondary school in Louth (details supplied), and who previously worked as a teacher in the same subject in the North of Ireland for 19 years, as to why she must complete skills training and assessment in order to get fully registered with the Teaching Counci…
Mattie McGrath Written 25 Mar 2025 · to Education
425. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Education if she will direct the Teaching Council to introduce a primary teaching degree programme in autism, for the purpose or teaching in autism classes (details supplied); if, given the shortage of primary teachers with a special education qualification in Ireland, she will direct the Teaching Council to admit to the register teachers who have obtained an educatio…
Charles Ward Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Education
620. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Education if Post Graduate Certificate in Education graduates from the UK are eligible to register as a newly qualified teacher in Ireland; when changes to the eligibility criteria in relation to this took place; if she intends on making changes to the eligibility criteria in the future; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11276/25]
Carol Nolan Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Education
758. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education if a person with 18 years’ instruction experience (details supplied) will be allowed to claim incremental credit with respect to his teaching salary; if she will accept that the incremental credit scheme as currently defined is inflexible and may result in the unwillingness of experienced persons from taking up a teaching position; and if she will make a statem…
Eoghan Kenny Written 6 Mar 2025 · to Education
258. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education for an update on the proposed time bound provision for teachers who qualified outside of the Republic of Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10251/25]
Mark Ward Written 4 Mar 2025 · to Education
374. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Education if people who do a postgraduate certificate in education in the north of Ireland can finish their induction in the south of Ireland; to provide details on this process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9249/25]
Darren O'Rourke Written 27 Feb 2025 · to Education
242. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education when the proposed timebound provision for teachers who qualify outside the Republic of Ireland (details supplied) will be introduced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8834/25]
James Geoghegan Written 25 Feb 2025 · to Education
389. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Education the reason the grant for newly qualified teachers only applies to those who qualified through the Professional Master of Education route and not to those who qualified through the direct route; if she is considering expanding the eligibility criteria to include all newly qualified teachers, given the high cost of living and specific challenges faced by teac…
Michael Collins Written 25 Feb 2025 · to Education
393. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Education 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]
Emer Currie Written 25 Feb 2025 · to Education
397. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education if she will consider providing Professional Masters of Education options for 3rd level drama, theatre and film studies graduates who wish to pursue a career in teaching and to gain recognition from the Teaching Council; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7295/25]
Eoin Ó Broin Written 25 Feb 2025 · to Education
399. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education the reason a graduate diploma course (details supplied) is not recognised by the Teaching Council; if any engagements are ongoing in relation to the course’s recognition for credits; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7371/25]
Joe Neville Written 20 Feb 2025 · to Education
208. Deputy Joe Neville asked the Minister for Education if there will be a change in rules in the two-year induction period that newly qualified teachers from the UK must do before they can transfer to teach in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7015/25]
Réada Cronin Written 20 Feb 2025 · to Education
216. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education if incremental credit will be given to secondary school teachers with teaching experience abroad; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7086/25]
Pa Daly Written 12 Feb 2025 · to Education
158. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Education when a person (details supplied) can expect to receive a decision on their application for incremental credit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4984/25]
Eoghan Kenny Written 11 Feb 2025 · to Education
256. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education the Cabinet Minister with responsibility for policy regarding postgraduate teaching qualifications, in particular for the postgraduate master's in education. [4620/25]
Erin McGreehan Written 11 Feb 2025 · to Education
265. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Education her views on the recognition of experience for teachers who obtained their qualifications outside of Ireland; and the measures being taken to recognise such qualifications. [4041/25]