We prove that the image of the mapping class group by the representations a
rising in the SU(2)-TQFT is infinite, provided that the genus g greater tha
n or equal to 2 and the level of the theory r not equal = 2, 3, 4, 6 (and r
not equal 10 for g = 2). In particular it follows that the quotient groups
M-g/N(t(r)) by the normalizer of the r-th power of a Dehn twist t are infi
nite if g greater than or equal to 3 and r not equal 2; 3; 4; 6; 8; 12.