S.I. No. 534/2012 - Teaching Council (Charging, Receipt and Recovery of Fees) Regulations 2012.

1. These regulations may be cited as the “Teaching Council (Charging, Receipt and Recovery of Fees) Regulations 2012”.

Application

2. These regulations shall come into force with effect from 1 January 2013.

Fees

3. The fees set out in the Schedule to these regulations shall be charged, received and recovered by the Teaching Council in accordance with Section 23 of the Teaching Council Acts 2001 and 2006 (as amended by the

Education (Amendment) Act 2012

).

Revocation

4. The Teaching Council (Charging, Receipt and Recovery of Fees) Regulations 2008 (

S.I. No. 609 of 2008

) are hereby revoked.

Given under the seal of the Teaching Council

MICHEÁL Ó GRÍOFA TOMÁS Ó RUAIRC

Chairperson Secretary and Director

[Authenticating Signature] [Authenticating Signature]

Dated the 19th day of December 2012

The Minister for Education and Skills consents to the making of the foregoing Regulations

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Education and Skills,

19 December 2012.

RUAIRÍ QUINN,

Minister for Education and Skills.

SCHEDULESCHEDULE OF FEES

Ref.

Prescribed Fees

Fee

1.

Initial registration

€90

2.

Annual registration renewal

€65

3.

Late renewal

€10

4.

Restoration to the register

€90

5.

Inspecting the register or providing copy or extract of an entry(no charge for teachers seeking information regarding their own registration particulars)

€10

6.

Issue of replacement registration certificate

€15

7.

Letter of professional standing

€25

Other Fees

8.

Qualification recognition - initial application (subject to external assessment)

- extra subjects (post-primary only)

€200

€100

9.

Review of decision (refundable)

€50

10.

Applications for general recognition of degree programmes for teacher registration purposes (fee per curricular subject)

€1,000

11.

Review and accreditation of programmes of initial teacher education

€5,000

EXPLANATORY NOTE

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

The purpose of the statutory instrument is to revoke the Teaching Council (Charging, Receipt and Recovery of Fees) Regulations 2008 (

S.I. No. 609 of 2008

).

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

28

th December

, 2012.

The Teaching Council, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Sections 4 and 23 of the Teaching Council Acts 2001 and 2006 (as amended by the

Education (Amendment) Act 2012

), with the consent of the Minister for Education and Skills, hereby makes the following regulations—

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