Teaching Qualifications

1106. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether she intends to review the qualification recognition and equivalency process for teachers with verified overseas teaching qualifications and professional experience, in order to reduce unnecessary delays and administrative barriers for those seeking to teach in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. […

1107. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Education and Youth the measures being taken to streamline the recognition of verified overseas teaching qualifications and professional experience, with a view to reducing unnecessary delays and administrative barriers for qualified teachers seeking to enter the Irish teaching profession; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54765/2…

1108. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Education and Youth the efforts being made to a provide clear, transparent and timely decision-making processes to minimise delays in the qualification of teachers with experience working abroad; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54766/26]

1109. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department monitors the average processing time for the qualification recognition and equivalency process for teachers with verified overseas teaching qualifications and professional experience; to provide an update on current processing times; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54767/26]

1114. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will review the criteria used by her Department to award incremental salary credit to returning Irish teachers with overseas experience; if she will specifically address the current discrepancy where primary teachers frequently receive credit for international experience while post-primary teachers face widespread refusals…

1226. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth the average processing time for applications for Teaching Council registration from teachers qualified outside the State in each of the past three years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56208/26]

1228. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth the extent to which verified teaching experience gained overseas is taken into account by the Teaching Council when assessing registration applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56210/26]

1239. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Youth her current plans to review the qualification equivalency process for those teachers returning from working aboard given concerns that have been raised; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56361/26]

324. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the status of an application by a person (details supplied) to the Teaching Council for a post primary qualifications assessment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54505/26]

300. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is considering a change in policy that would allow work spent in a secondary school abroad, public or private, be recognised for incremental credits; if she will outline the detail of any proposed change; if it will be one-for-one or a partial credit for example; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52964/26]

323. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Education and Youth to confirm the status of a person’s application (details supplied) to the teaching council for post primary qualifications assessment; if serious consideration will be given to the application due to the person’s qualifications, particularly as there is a need for European language teachers; and if she will make a statement on the m…

325. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Youth if an application for registration through the Teaching Council will be reviewed (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50734/26]

88. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she has plans to recognise the invaluable experiences of young Irish teachers teaching abroad when it comes to their experience on incremental salaries pay scale, particularly post primary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46135/26]

89. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Education and Youth the process in which her Department distinguishes between experience gained in public schools and private international schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46136/26]

463. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 326 of 18 February 2025, the precise criteria that must be met in practice, particularly for teachers with experience in private international schools outside the EU (details supplied); the exact criteria, weightings and decision making methodology used by her Department in assessing such app…

313. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason reinstatement of the special education teacher diploma allowance for primary school teachers did not proceed given 78 branches supported this measure in an effort to ensure special education qualification are recognised. [41118/26]

314. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the estimated total cost per year of reinstating the special education teacher diploma allowance for all existing teachers in special education who hold the diploma and do not receive the allowance. [41119/26]

358. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the criteria that was considered, and the engagement she had with representative bodies and the Department of Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation regarding the reinstatement of the special education teacher diploma allowance for primary school teachers. [41117/26]

372. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Education and Youth the current rules governing the award of incremental credit to teachers returning to the State who have taught abroad; the rationale for the distinction in treatment between teaching service in EU member states, which is recognised under Circular 0027/2016, and teaching service in private schools outside the EU, which is not; if …

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 expe…

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 fu…

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]