The Teaching Council has a legal responsibility to publish some information from the Register of Teachers, and this is done on www.teachingcouncil.ie using the Search the Register facility. Each teacher has access to his/her individual records that are held on the Register of Teachers which can be accessed via the Teacher Login facility. These additional records are not made available to the public.
The Council is aware that some of the publicly available information has been copied and presented on http://ie.teacherslookup.com/.
This happened without the authorisation of the Council, and the Council does not approve of information from the Register of Teachers being presented in this way.
The Council has notified the Data Protection Commissioner on this matter and continues to work on best practice security measures in relation to protecting the personal data it has a duty to publish. The Council has also sought legal advice on the matter and, as the website is hosted outside of this jurisdiction, is working with the relevant authorities to pursue its legal rights and obligations in this matter.
The Council understands that some teachers are concerned about this. The Council wishes to reassure teachers that the private information on the Register of Teachers is secure. The information copied by teacherslookup.com is information that is available to the public on the Council's website
