721 unvetted teachers may have their pay stopped

More than 700 teachers risk having their pay stopped as their failure to apply for Garda vetting leaves them unable to renew their professional registration by this evening’s deadline.

Nearly half of the 721 teachers who are at risk of being unable to register with the Teaching Council have not yet responded at all to numerous attempts to make contact by the council since January.

They are among almost 6,700 teachers whose council registration is due for renewal today, which this year, for the first time, requires them to apply to be vetted.