Council Elections 2024

Notice of Election

Notice is hereby given that pursuant to the Teaching Council Act 2001 and the Teaching Council (Election of Members) Regulations 2023 an election of 

(i) nine registered teachers employed in, or qualified to teach in, Recognised Primary Schools and 

(ii) seven registered teachers employed in, or qualified to teach in, Recognised Post-primary Schools 

to be a member / member of the Teaching Council is about to be held. 

The Electoral Roll, which is comprised of teachers whose name is on the Register at 5pm on 30 September, 2023 will be made available for inspection by Eligible Teachers on the Teaching Council Website on 22 November 2023. 

Any Eligible Teacher who wishes to request an amendment to the Electoral Roll may do so by applying in writing to the Returning Officer at elections@teachingcouncil.ie  

Applications to amend the Electoral Roll will close on 20 December 2023 and must be accompanied by a valid email address for the Eligible Teacher in order to facilitate the Returning Officer in communicating with the Eligible Teacher regarding their request to amend the Electoral Roll and in order to advise them, where necessary, as to the taking of a Poll. 

Nomination papers (to be a candidate for election) and further details of the election may be obtained from the Teaching Council’s website, www.teachingcouncil.ie, or on application to the undersigned at the offices of the Teaching Council, Block A, Maynooth Business Campus, Maynooth, Co. Kildare, W23 Y7X0. 

Completed nomination papers must be delivered to the Returning Officer at the said offices on or before 11am 30 January 2024, in accordance with Regulation 8. 

The Returning Officer will attend to receive nominations at the said offices between the hours of 10am and 11am on the 30 January 2024, in accordance with Regulation 8. 

If the number of Candidates nominated exceeds the number of positions available, the period during which the Returning Officer may receive votes will expire on 12 March 2024. 

Dated this 28th day of November 2023. 

Brendan O’Dea, 

Returning Officer 

Electoral Roll

The Council has 37 members, 16 of whom are elected, registered teachers. The term of office for the current elected registered teachers comes to an end in April 2024. The election for new teacher members will be held in February/March 2024.

In accordance with the Teaching Council (Election of Members) Regulations 2023, the Electoral Roll, comprising teachers whose name was on the Register at 5pm on 30 September 2023 has been established.

A condensed version of the Electoral Roll, containing the name, teacher registration number and electoral category (including geographical constituency) has been published below in multiple searchable HTML pages on the basis of surname.

We encourage all teachers to check their allocated Category and Constituency on the roll to ensure it is correct.

View Electoral Roll

Amendments to the Electoral Roll

If you wish to request an amendment to the Electoral Roll, in relation to omission and/or electoral category (including geographical constituency), you may do so by completing the Request for Amendment to the Electoral Roll form.

Request for Amendment to the Electoral Roll Form

Completed forms may be sent by email using the subject ‘Amendments to the Electoral Roll’ to: elections@teachingcouncil.ie

or by post to:

Electoral Roll Amendments,
The Teaching Council,
Block A, Maynooth Business Campus,
Maynooth,
Co. Kildare
W23 Y7X0

Please Note

Applications to amend the Electoral Roll will close on 20 December 2023 and must be accompanied by a valid email address in order to facilitate the Returning Officer in communicating with the Eligible Teacher regarding their request to amend the Electoral Roll.

Pursuant to Clause 7 of the Teaching Council (Election of Members) Regulations 2023, the Returning Officer shall have sole and absolute discretion, but no obligation, to amend the Electoral Roll.

Categories & Constituencies

The Electoral Categories and the Geographical Constituencies, pursuant to Schedule 1 of the Teaching Council (Election of Members) Regulations 2023, are set out below.

Voting

Voting will be open from 22 February 2024 to noon on 12 March 2024. Voting will, once again, take place online. We hope that this will encourage more teachers to vote by making it quick and easy.

You can vote securely on any device – PC, laptop, tablet or smart phone. We will issue instructions via email in February to all teachers on the electoral roll prior to the commencement of voting.

Election outcome

The results of the election will be announced as soon as possible after the election has closed and the new Council members will be formally appointed by the Minister for Education soon after.