994. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health to intervene and pause the board’s decision to adopt the proposed standards and criteria for counsellors and psychotherapists by the counsellors and psychotherapists registration board of CORU, pending a full review to ensure that the process is lawful, proportionate, and transparent, and that it aligns with appropriate regulatory oversight; and if she will make …
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A subject heading for parliamentary questionsMedical Qualifications
67 questions from 34 TDs, between 5 February 2025 and 23 September 2026.
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1056. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health if she will direct that any future regulatory measures proposed by CORU or its registration boards are subject to full proportionality assessment, public consultation, and Ministerial oversight prior to adoption, in accordance with the proportionality regulations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61779/25]
1057. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health if she will ensure that the implementation of new professional standards for counsellors and psychotherapists under CORU is aligned with the national workforce planning objectives for mental health services to avoid unintended reductions in service availability; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61780/25]
1058. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health her plans to undertake an assessment of the potential workforce and service-access implications arising from the new standards and criteria for counsellors and psychotherapists, particularly regarding training requirements and practice scope; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61781/25]
1059. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health if she will confirm whether a proportionality assessment was undertaken by her Department or by CORU prior to the adoption of the new standards of proficiency and criteria for education and training programmes for counsellors and psychotherapists published on 11 July 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61782/25]
386. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who have qualified as psychologists in each of the past five years; and of those qualified the number currently registered with CORU. [60522/25]
450. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of GP training places on offer in each of the years from 2018 to 2025; and the number that have graduated from the training programme in each of those years, in tabular form. [60772/25]
451. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of trainee GPs currently undertaking the National GP Training Programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60773/25]
452. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if there are the required number of accredited hospital training posts for all trainee GPs in the National GP Training Programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60774/25]
1641. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health if she will advise on a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied) in relation to CORU psychotherapy regulation. [57832/25]
1679. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health if she will review correspondence (details supplied); if she will address the concerns raised; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58039/25]
1690. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Health to consider maintaining the requirement for personal therapy during psychotherapy training, given CORU's Standards of Proficiency and Criteria Trainees' current proposal recommends that it is removed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58075/25]
1691. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Health to consider removing the proposed reduction of clinic practice hours during psychotherapy training, from 350 hours to 200 hours, that is recommended in CORU's standards of proficiency and criteria trainees; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58076/25]
1692. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Health the reason there is no requirement to have clinical supervision once qualified as a psychotherapist; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58077/25]
1705. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health if she will engage with an organisation (details supplied) regarding concerns over CORUs proposed changes to psychotherapy training standards, including the reduction of clinical hours, removal of personal therapy requirements, and elimination of mandatory supervision; if she will use her powers under the Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005 to ensure…
1743. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to a series of matters in relation to the recently published Standards of Proficiency and Education and Training Requirements for the profession of psychotherapy by CORU (details supplied); and if she will exercise her powers under the Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005 to ensure that, at a minimum, current standards o…
1839. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Health her views on the concerns raised by practitioners regarding the recent publication of the Standards and Criteria for Counsellors and Psychotherapists by CORU; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58789/25]
1874. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of the concern held by professional bodies representing psychotherapists regarding new accreditation standards that are being proposed for the profession by CORU, on the basis that these new standards would lower professional standards; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58913/25]
1901. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to urgently examine concerns raised by the Irish Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59146/25]
1990. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health whether the appropriate proportionality assessment was carried out by her or the Counsellors and Psychotherapists Registration Board of CORU ahead of its adopting of the 2023 draft Standards and Criteria for Counsellors and Psychotherapists to ensure that the potential unintended consequences of any proposed regulatory changes, takes account of workforce ca…
2048. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health if she will intervene with CORU to ensure that standards for the recognition of psychotherapy qualifications are maintained at present levels, notably the requirement for personal therapy in training, mandatory clinical supervision and a minimum timeframe in training; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59957/25]
817. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if incremental credit will be provided to newly appointed radiation therapists in the HSE for previous relevant experience gained in the private sector or as an agency worker in a public hospital (details supplied); the reason radiation therapists are not currently included in the categories of staff in which incremental credit may be granted for previous relevan…
628. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to including the advanced health care apprenticeship on the list of approved courses as per the Programme for Government's plan to create career pathways for healthcare assistants. [53329/25]
697. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health if she will consider reviewing a case (details supplied) in which a UK-trained clinical psychologist, and Irish citizen, cannot return to Ireland to practise due to administrative barriers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53767/25]
438. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 721 of 27 May 2025, the status of the HSE’s review of the physician associate grade; if she will publish the terms of reference for this review; the date at which she expects this review to be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52748/25]