Brian Hayes
Question:456 Deputy Brian Hayes asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of teachers with restricted recognition currently working in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25533/08]
View answerTuesday, 1 July 2008
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The number of teachers with restricted recognition who are employed in primary schools is not readily available. An officer of my Department will contact the Deputy as soon as this data becomes available.
Restricted recognition is granted to teachers who trained outside the State and who hold a recognised primary teacher qualification, and to teachers with certain approved Montessori qualifications. Such teachers are eligible for appointment to posts in certain categories of special schools, to posts in categories of special classes in mainstream schools where Irish is not a curricular requirement and to posts as full-time resource teachers for children with special educational needs (low incidence disabilities only) in mainstream schools. They may also take up positions in children detention schools, youth encounter projects and special education projects. In addition, they may also take up positions as substitute teachers.
Teachers with recognised post-primary qualifications may be granted restricted recognition to enable them to teach in a special school where a proportion of pupils attending the special school are of post-primary age and where second level programmes are being provided by the school.
The position in relation to posts which may be held by teachers with restricted recognition is set out in Circulars 25/00, 0036/2006 and 0140/2006 which were issued to all primary schools.