I recently announced that section 30 of the Teaching Council Act 2001 will commence on 1 November 2013. Subject to very limited exceptions, which will be controlled by Ministerial regulation, section 30 will prohibit payment by the State of people employed as teachers in recognised schools unless they are registered with the Teaching Council. My Department, the VECs and the Teaching Council have already engaged in extensive communications with teachers and schools. These have included advertisements in union magazines, inserts in payslips, information notes and posters for schools. Individual letters have been issued to people employed in teaching positions who are not registered informing them of the requirement to register. This information campaign will continue and intensify between now and 1 November 2013. My Department will also work closely with the IVEA, the Teaching Council, school management bodies and teacher unions in implementing this important policy.