Teaching Qualifications

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 previou…

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]

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]

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]

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…

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]

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…

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 …

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]

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 sh…

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]

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]

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]

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 chal…

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

281. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education to examine the case of ECTS credits for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4208/25]

314. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education if she will act to remove the requirement for primary school teachers to have a Catholic religious education certificate to be eligible for most teaching jobs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4654/25]

318. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education her views on the requirement that a minimum requisite base-level gender-knowledge and gender-sensitive teaching methods skillset be mandatory for all educators in order to register as a post-primary teacher with the Teaching Council, regardless of their chosen subject; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4742/25]