A window has been opened to make it easier for teachers who trained abroad to be recognised as qualified teachers here.
Regulations have been revised to allow teachers who qualified abroad but who did not complete a required period of induction there to undertake that induction in an Irish school instead.
The time-bound provision runs until the end of 2027 and is aimed at boosting teacher supply.
It will be the fourth time since 2020 that a time-limited measure such as this has been introduced to help meet demand for teachers.
A total of 339 teachers who trained abroad were granted qualified teacher status in the three previous rounds.
Similar time-limited measures were introduced in recent years to help meet demand for teachers.
The Department of Education said the step reflected ongoing workforce needs arising from demographic demand, special education expansion, and the continued enrolment of children from Ukraine.
The news will be welcomed by a significant number of teachers who are working in Irish schools but who are being treated as "unqualified" staff and losing out on pay and other entitlements as a result.
This is despite the fact that the qualifications they undertook abroad are recognised by the Teaching Council here.
Olivia Carroll has been working as an "unqualified" teacher at a primary school in Drogheda for the past two years, despite achieving qualified teacher status in the UK in recent years.
"This is fantastic news," the 25-year-old said.
Ms Carroll is now hoping to begin her induction - which is completed over 60 school days - as early as next month.
"I am in the fortunate position that my school has been very supportive," she said.
Ms Carroll has been working as a substitute teacher at Aston Village Educate Together school.
She was offered a fixed-term contract but was not able to accept it because she is not recognised here as a qualified teacher.
Amid an ongoing shortage of teachers, at many primary and post-primary schools, the school Ms Carroll works in has also welcomed the news.
"She is a fantastic teacher, and we will be delighted to support her through her induction," principal Pauline Loreille said.
She said she was "like so many Irish and international teachers" facing this problem.
Speaking at the annual conference of the National Association of Principals and Deputy Principals (NADP) in Co Galway, Minister for Education Helen McEntee said she was delighted to bring the new regulations into force.
"This is one of a number of measures being taken to improve teacher supply.
"These measures ensure that we continue to maintain high professional standards while also addressing supply challenges in our schools," she said.
The NAPD has welcomed the time-limited measure.
"It will help [post primary] schools to find subject teachers where they have shortages," NAPD Director Paul Crone said.
"It will also help them to find substitute teachers," he added.
However, he also said "I don't see any reason why this measure should be time-bound".
Applications to complete induction here will open on the Teaching Council website in the coming days.
Hundreds of post primary school principals and deputy principals have gathered in Galway for the NAPD annual conference.
