Appointment of members to the Teaching Council
The Council has 37 members and 16 of these are registered teachers who are elected by teachers.
The appointments follow an election which took place during February and March 2020, and the nomination of members by the bodies designated in the Teaching Council Acts, 2001-2015. The nominating bodies include the Higher Education Institutions, teacher unions, school management, parents’ councils, IBEC and ICTU, as well as Ministerial appointees.
The Council looks forward to continuing its important work to promote and regulate professional standards in teaching, for the benefit of the profession and the public.
The members of the Teaching Council are:
Title | First Name | Surname | Sector |
Mr | Seán | McMahon | Chair & Nominee - INTO |
Ms | Noelle | Moran | Deputy Chair & Nominee - Post Primary ASTI |
Ms | Asiya | Al Tawash | Primary School Management - Muslim Primary Education Board |
Ms | Sinead | Brett | CPSMA |
Mr | Geoffrey | Browne | Nominee - NPC Post primary |
Ms | Kathleen | Burke | Post Primary - Voluntary Sector - Connaught, Munster & Ulster |
Mr | Noel | Cronin | Elected - ETB Sector - Post primary - Leinster |
Ms | Catherine | Cross | Nominee - NPC (primary) |
Ms | Mary | Curley | Primary - Munster |
Mr | Michael | Delargey | ICTU / Ministerial |
Mr | Charles | Dolan | IBEC/Ministerial Appointee |
Mr | Brendan | Doody | Ministerial Appointee |
Ms | Catherine | Doolan | Primary - Leinster |
Mr | Niall | Duddy | Post Primary - Voluntary Sector - Connaught, Munster & Ulster |
Mr | David | Leahy | School Management Nominee - ETBI |
Mr | John | Holian | Nominee (Post Primary) ASTI |
Ms | Anne | Howard | Elected - Comm and Comprehensive Sector- All of Ireland |
Ms | Roseana | Jordan | Primary - Connaught- Ulster |
Ms | Michelle | Keane | Primary - Dublin |
Ms | Mary | Kelly | Nominee - Colleges of Education |
Mr | Séamus | O Fearraigh | Nominee TUI |
Mr | Gerry | Leydon | Ministerial Appointee |
| | | Ministerial Appointee - to be filled |
Dr | Anthony | Malone | Nominee Post-primary ITE providers |
Ms | Claire | Markey | Nominee - TUI |
Mr | Peter | McCabe | Primary - Dublin |
Prof | Marie | McLoughlin | Nominee - Colleges of Education |
Mr | Paul | Moroney | Primary - Munster |
Ms | Catherine | Moynihan | Nominee - JMB |
Ms | Anne | Mulcahy | Elected ETB - South |
Dr | Melanie | Ni Dhuinn | Nominee - Post Primary ITE HEIs |
Mr | Seán | Ó Dubhlaing | Primary - Leinster |
Ms | Deirdre | O'Connor | Nominee - INTO |
Mr | Ciaran James | O'Donnell | Elected ETB - Connaught, Munster and Ulster |
Mr | Seán | O'Neill | Post Primary - Voluntary Sector - Leinster |
Mr | Eamonn | Shaughnessy | Primary - Connaught/Ulster |
Ms | Tracie | Tobin | Primary - Munster |
If you have any queries regarding the Council or any specific queries, please call us on (01) 6517900, or email info@teachingcouncil.ie.
