Teaching Council Act 2001
Number 8 of 2001
TEACHING COUNCIL ACT 2001
REVISED
Updated to 11 May 2023
This Revised Act is an administrative consolidation of the Teaching Council Act 2001. It is prepared by the Law Reform Commission in accordance with its function under the Law Reform Commission Act 1975 (3/1975) to keep the law under review and to undertake revision and consolidation of statute law.
All Acts up to and including the Finance Act 2023 (11/2023), enacted 15 May 2023, and all statutory instruments up to and including the Teaching Council (information to Be Furnished by Employer in Case of Dismissal Or Resignation of Registered Teacher) Regulations 2023 (S.I. No. 230 of 2023), made 11 May 2023, were considered in the preparation of this Revised Act.
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Number 8 of 2001
TEACHING COUNCIL ACT 2001
REVISED
Updated to 11 May 2023
Introduction
This Revised Act presents the text of the Act as it has been amended since enactment, and preserves the format in which it was passed.
Related legislation
Teaching Council Acts 2001 to 2015: this Act is one of a group of Acts included in this collective citation, to be construed together as one (Teaching Council (Amendment) Act 2015 (31/2005), s. 34(2)). The Acts in this group are:
• Teaching Council Act 2001 (8/2001)
• Teaching Council (Amendment) Act 2006 (2/2006)
• Education (Amendment) Act 2012 (14/2012), ss. 1(4), 8, 9, 10
• Teaching Council (Amendment) Act 2015 (31/2015), other than s. 32
Annotations
This Revised Act is annotated and includes textual and non-textual amendments, statutory instruments made pursuant to the Act and previous affecting provisions.
An explanation of how to read annotations is available at
www.lawreform.ie/annotations.
Material not updated in this revision
Where other legislation is amended by this Act, those amendments may have been superseded by other amendments in other legislation, or the amended legislation may have been repealed or revoked. This information is not represented in this revision but will be reflected in a revision of the amended legislation if one is available.
Where legislation or a fragment of legislation is referred to in annotations, changes to this legislation or fragment may not be reflected in this revision but will be reflected in a revision of the legislation referred to if one is available.
A list of legislative changes to any Act, and to statutory instruments from 1972, may be found may be found linked from the page of the Act or statutory instrument at
www.irishstatutebook.ie.
Acts which affect or previously affected this revision
• Teaching Council (Amendment) Act 2015 (31/2015)
• Education and Training Boards Act 2013 (11/2013)
• Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Act 2012 (37/2012)
• Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) Act 2012 (28/2012)
• Education (Amendment) Act 2012 (14/2012)
• Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 2011 (10/2011)
• Teaching Council (Amendment) Act 2006 (2/2006)
All Acts up to and including Finance Act 2023 (11/2023), enacted 15 May 2023, were considered in the preparation of this revision.
Statutory instruments which affect or previously affected this revision
• Teaching Council (information to Be Furnished by Employer in Case of Dismissal Or Resignation of Registered Teacher) Regulations 2023 (S.I. No. 230 of 2023)
• Teaching Council (Registration) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. No. 12 of 2023)
• Teaching Council (Registration) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2021 (S.I. No. 745 of 2021)
• Teaching Council (Registration) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. No. 266 of 2021)
• Teaching Council (Registration) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. No. 269 of 2020)
• Teaching Council (Election Of Members) Regulations 2019 (S.I. No. 461 of 2019)
• Occupational Pension Schemes (Funding Standard) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.I. No. 39 of 2019)
• Teaching Council (Registration) (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (S.I. No. 557 of 2016)
• Teaching Council (Registration) Regulations 2016 (S.I. No. 444 of 2016)
• Teaching Council (Disciplinary Committee Panel Procedures) Rules 2016 (S.I. No. 411 of 2016)
• Teaching Council (Evidence, Representations and Examination in Case of Alleged Medical Unfitness) Regulations 2016 (S.I. No. 410 of 2016)
• Teaching Council Act 2001 (Commencement) Order 2016 (S.I. No. 407 of 2016)
• Teaching Council (Election of Members) Regulations 2015 (S.I. No. 540 of 2015)
• Occupational Pension Schemes (Funding Standard) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (S.I. No. 268 of 2014)
• Teaching Council Act 2001 (Commencement) Order 2013 (S.I. No. 419 of 2013)
• Occupational Pension Schemes (Funding Standard) (Amendment) Regulations 2013 (S.I. No. 135 of 2013)
• Teaching Council (Charging, Receipt and Recovery of Fees) Regulations 2012 (S.I. No. 534 of 2012)
• Teaching Council Act 2001 (Commencement) Order 2012 (S.I. No. 328 of 2012)
• Teaching Council Act 2001 (Amendment of Nominating Bodies) Order 2012 (S.I. No. 73 of 2012)
• Teaching Council (Election of Members) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 (S.I. No. 607 of 2011)
• Teaching Council (Registration) Regulations 2009 (S.I. No. 595 of 2009)
• Occupational Pension Schemes (Preservation of Benefits) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. No. 70 of 2009)
• Teaching Council (Charging, Receipt and Recovery of Fees) Regulations 2008 (S.I. No. 609 of 2008)
• Teaching Council (Election of Members) Regulations 2008 (S.I. No. 386 of 2008)
• Occupational Pension Schemes (Funding Standard) (Amendment) Regulations 2008 (S.I. No. 295 of 2008)
• Teaching Council Act 2001 (Establishment Day) Order 2006 (S.I. No. 185 of 2006)
• Teaching Council Act 2001 (Commencement) Order 2006 (S.I. No. 184 of 2006)
• Teaching Council (First Election of Members) Regulations 2004 (S.I. No. 916 of 2004)
All statutory instruments up to and including Teaching Council (information to Be Furnished by Employer in Case of Dismissal Or Resignation of Registered Teacher) Regulations 2023 (S.I. No. 230 of 2023), made 11 May 2023, were considered in the preparation of this revision.
Number 8 of 2001
TEACHING COUNCIL ACT 2001
REVISED
Updated to 11 May 2023
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
Preliminary and General
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The Teaching Council
The Council: General Provisions
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Membership of either House of Oireachtas or European Parliament. |
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Committees of Council
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Registration
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Sharing of information in a vetting disclosure obtained under section 33. |
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Removal from register for failure to apply for renewal of registration. |
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Education and Training
Fitness to Teach
Dissolution of Registration Council
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Preservation of certain continuing contracts and adaptation of references. |
Miscellaneous
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Membership and Meetings of Council
The Director
Appointment of Panel under Section 43
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Companies Acts, 1963 to 1990 |
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Education Act, 1998 |
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Education (Welfare) Act, 2000 |
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European Parliament Elections Act, 1997 |
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Freedom of Information Act, 1997 |
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Intermediate Education (Ireland) Act, 1914 |
Geo. 4 & 5 c. 41 |
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Local Government (Superannuation) Act, 1980 |
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Petty Sessions (Ireland) Act, 1851 |
14 & 15 Vict., c. 93 |
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Qualifications (Education and Training) Act, 1999 |
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Trade Union Acts, 1871 to 1990 |
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Vocational Education Acts, 1930 to 1999 |
Number 8 of 2001
TEACHING COUNCIL ACT 2001
REVISED
Updated to 11 May 2023
AN ACT TO PROMOTE TEACHING AS A PROFESSION; TO PROMOTE THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF TEACHERS; TO MAINTAIN AND IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF TEACHING IN THE STATE; TO PROVIDE FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF STANDARDS, POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF TEACHERS AND OTHER MATTERS RELATING TO TEACHERS AND THE TEACHING PROFESSION; TO PROVIDE FOR THE REGISTRATION AND REGULATION OF TEACHERS AND TO ENHANCE PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS AND COMPETENCE; FOR THOSE PURPOSES TO ESTABLISH A COUNCIL TO BE KNOWN AS AN CHOMHAIRLE MHÚINTEOIREACHTA OR, IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, THE TEACHING COUNCIL; TO PROVIDE FOR THE REPEAL OF THE INTERMEDIATE EDUCATION (IRELAND) ACT, 1914, AND TO PROVIDE FOR RELATED MATTERS.
[17th April, 2001]
BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS: