Category: General Issues

Pre-school service regulation. The HSE has overall charge of  safety and welfare issues in pre-school services.  In this context, pre-school children are those under six years of age, who are not attending a national school or an equivalent.  They include playgroups, crèches, nurseries, child-minders, and similar services looking after more than three pre-school children. Providers […]

EU Rights of Establishment European laws on the establishment of businesses and migrant workers create rights for European Union nationals to set up businesses and be employed in other EU states.  States must not discriminate against persons exercising these rights or their families.  Children of EU nationals must be admitted to the state’s educational apprenticeship […]

Functions of Council The Teaching Council was established under the Teaching Council Act 2001 as an independent body.  Its objects are to regulate the teaching profession and the professional conduct of teachers.  It also establishes and promotes the improvement of standards in teacher education and training, teacher competence in primary and post-primary schools, professional conduct. […]

Educational Guarantee ARTICLE 42 2 Parents shall be free to provide this education in their homes or in private schools or in schools recognised or established by the State. 3     1° The State shall not oblige parents in violation of their conscience and lawful preference to send their children to schools established by the State, […]

Nature of Office General employment laws apply to teachers.  However, the structure of education in Ireland has led to a unique triangular relationship between the Department of Education, schools/Board of Management and the teachers. Teachers employed in national schools are employed by the manager on behalf of the school patron.  The Boards are bodies corporate […]

Duty of Care to Pupils A teacher and the school authority generally the Board of Management has a duty of care to pupils.  This arises from the fact that they have been entrusted to the care and control of the school and the teacher.  In earlier times, and it the context of smaller schools it […]