Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 4th June, 2021.

The Teaching Council, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by sections 4 and 31 (as amended by section 10 of the Teaching Council (Amendment) Act 2015 (No. 31 of 2015)) of the Teaching Council Act 2001 (No. 8 of 2001) (as adapted by the Education and Skills (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2020 ( S.I. No. 450 of 2020 )), with the consent of the Minister for Education, hereby makes the following regulations:

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Teaching Council (Registration) (Amendment) Regulations 2021.

(2) The Principal Regulations, the Teaching Council (Registration) (Amendment) Regulations 2016 ( S.I. No. 557 of 2016 ), the Regulations of 2020 and these Regulations may be cited together as the Teaching Council (Registration) Regulations 2016 to 2021.

2. In these Regulations—

“Principal Regulations” means the Teaching Council (Registration) Regulations ( S.I. No. 444 of 2016 );

“Regulations of 2020” means the Teaching Council (Registration) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 ( S.I. No. 269 of 2020 ).

3. The Schedule to the Principal Regulations (as amended by Regulation 4 of the Regulations of 2020) is amended—

(a) under the heading “Route 1: Primary”, by substituting for paragraph 4(2) the following:

“(2) Subparagraph (1) only applies to applications for admission to the register—

(a) received, but not yet processed, by the Teaching Council before the coming into operation of that subparagraph,

(b) received by the Teaching Council after the coming into operation of that subparagraph and before 30 October 2020, or

(c) received by the Teaching Council between 14 June 2021 and 29 October 2021.”, and

(b) under the heading “Route 2: Post-Primary”, by substituting for paragraph 4(2) the following:

“(2) Subparagraph (1) only applies to applications for admission to the register—

(a) received, but not yet processed, by the Teaching Council before the coming into operation of that subparagraph,

(b) received by the Teaching Council after the coming into operation of that subparagraph and before 30 October 2020, or

(c) received by the Teaching Council between 14 June 2021 and 29 October 2021.”.

The Minister for Education consents to, and approves of, the making of the foregoing Regulations.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Education,

27 May, 2021.

NORMA FOLEY,

Minister for Education.

GIVEN under the Seal of the Teaching Council

27 May 2021

SEAN MCMAHON,

Chairperson

TOMÁS Ó RUAIRC

Director

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

These Regulations amend the Teaching Council (Registration) Regulations 2016 to enable the Teaching Council to extend emergency measures related to the registration of teachers in order to address the public emergency caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.

These Regulations may be cited as the Teaching Council (Registration) (Amendment) Regulations 2021.