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Teaching Council.

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 30 June 2004

Wednesday, 30 June 2004

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David Stanton

Question:

92 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Education and Science the progress which has been made in his plans to establish a teaching council; the timescale for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19558/04]

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Plans for the establishment of the teaching council are at an advanced stage. I have recently announced the appointment of Ms Áine Lawler as first director of the council and it is anticipated that she will take up her position in the near future. I wish Áine well in this important and challenging position.

The drafting of the regulations for the first election to the council is also nearing completion and I expect that these regulations will be laid before the Dáil in the near future. The first election to the teaching council is planned for the autumn with a view to the council sitting for the first time before the end of the current year. The teaching council will provide an important and influential forum for shaping the development of the teaching profession from initial recruitment and induction to in-career professional development. The responsibilities of teachers in promoting teaching as a profession and in recruiting the next generation of teachers will also form an important role for the teaching council.

I am confident the teaching council will raise the public profile of teaching as a profession and will be of benefit to teachers, the education system generally and to learners.

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