Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 16 September 2009
1175 Deputy Ruairí Quinn asked the Minister for Education and Science if he will clarify the person who is responsible for certifying that a person (details supplied), a teacher from another EU country, has worked in a school in Dublin 4; if the Teaching Council is the appropriate body to certify the employment history of individual teachers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30378/09]
View answerWhile the Teaching Council has responsibility for the registration of teachers and may collect data from registered teachers in relation to their current employment, it has no role in certifying the employment history of teachers. It appears that the individual that the Deputy refers to was employed in a post that was neither funded nor recognised by my Department. Unfortunately therefore my Department is not in a position to make any statement regarding the employment in question.
