Gary Gannon (Dublin Central, Social Democrats)
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132. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of registered teachers at primary and secondary school level at the beginning of the 2022-2023 academic year. [31569/23]

Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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Under the Teaching Council Acts 2001-2015 the Teaching Council is the body with statutory authority and responsibility for the regulation of the teaching profession in Ireland including the registration of teachers in the State. The Teaching Council registers teachers under the Teaching Council Act 2001-2015 and in line with the Teaching Council Registration Regulations, 2016.

As set out in the Schedule of the Regulations, the Council registers teachers under five routes of registration: Route 1 - Primary, Route 2 - Post-primary, Route 3 - Further Education, Route 4 - Other and Route 5 - Student Teacher. The minimum registration requirements for each route are set out in the Schedule of the regulations.

As at 31 August 2022, the beginning of 2022/23 academic school year, there were 53,665 teachers registered under Route 1 – Primary and 48,450 teachers registered under Route 2 – Post primary.