Teaching Qualifications

809. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth given the significant shortage Ireland faces with school teachers, when it is envisioned the “timebound provision” within the registrations regulation will be enacted, as many people whom have travelled abroad to study teaching find themselves locked out of applying to register when they return home, with limited options for youn…

813. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will review a decision to refuse incremental credit to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45371/25]

820. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason Irish teachers returning from teaching abroad must obtain forms (details supplied) to claim increments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45503/25]

890. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth the process for teachers that are qualified abroad to get a teaching post in Ireland. [46011/25]

965. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on the changes to the eligibility criteria for qualification for a contract of indefinite duration for teachers; when these changes will be finalised; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46576/25]

990. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will outline the steps being taken to ensure greater access to secure, full-time positions, for newly qualified and unemployed teachers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46771/25]

107. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is considering a strategic plan to attract qualified teachers, who have left the service to work abroad, back to the education service in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39786/25]

483. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans to amend the policy whereby teachers, or prospective teachers, must be on her Department’s payroll or teaching in an Education and Training Board school before an application can be processed for incremental credit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39252/25]

379. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will re-introduce the route for people who undertook an early childhood care bachelor's degree to attend a postgraduate course in a college (details supplied); and the supports he has put in place to help undergraduates progress from their early childhood care degree to furthering their studies to become a special educatio…

401. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether her Department has considered the introduction of a post-graduate qualification in primary school teaching at University College Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37285/25]

211. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will reintroduce the route for people who undertook an early childhood care bachelor degree to attend a postgraduate course in St. Nicholas Montessori college (previously offered a route 4 pathway to Teaching Council recognition) and extend this to other colleges. [36742/25]

212. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the supports being put in place to help undergraduates to progress from their early childhood education degree to furthering their studies to become a teacher. [36743/25]

221. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Education and Youth if a pathway exists for graduates of a course (details supplied) to receive a Teaching Council number; whether route 4 continues to exist for level 8 graduates; and if there is an alternative to completing a master’s degree for qualification. [36763/25]

232. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will consider providing a new Teaching Council registration pathway to allow Montessori-trained teachers and those who hold recognised qualifications and have strong experience in child-centred education to gain registration, in order to address the shortage of teachers in special education; and if she will make a statement …

94. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department plans to address the gaps in teacher data whereby the number of STEM teachers in employment in schools across the country is not collated by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36329/25]

383. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Youth to examine the possibility of learning support teachers (SET) who do not have Irish language qualifications to be able to work in schools where all their pupils are not learning Irish; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33608/25]

275. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will consider applying the refund of fees for PME graduates retrospectively in order that students who graduated prior to 2024 are also eligible; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33239/25]

408. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Education and Youth her views on the current qualification requirements for learning support teachers in Ireland (details supplied); if she has considered updating these qualification requirements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32081/25]

505. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide an update on the implementation of the timebound provision and the date it will come into effect in Q2 2025. [29077/25]

517. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the progress of the timebound provision for teachers who qualify outside of the Republic of Ireland; her views with respect to the delay in the opening of applications which was forecast to happen in quarter 1 of 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29137/25]

695. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on the timebound provision; and if she can guarantee that it will be in place and open in Q2. [30694/25]

266. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is considering allowing incremental credit for external science experience to encourage those with a science and STEM background to become teachers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26779/25]

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]

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]

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 t…