51. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her attention has been drawn to the difficulties being experienced by graduates and students of the graduate diploma in physical education at Portobello Institute whose qualifications have reportedly not been accepted by the Teaching Council for the purposes of registration as teachers of physical education; when the Teaching Council first…
Topics / Qualifications Recognition
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsQualifications Recognition
42 questions from 21 TDs, between 11 February 2025 and 21 October 2026.
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52. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of individuals affected by the non-recognition of credits obtained through the graduate diploma in physical education at Portobello Institute; and whether the Teaching Council is considering transitional arrangements, alternative pathways to registration, or other remedies for affected students who relied on assurances that the pro…
53. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether an organisation (details supplied) had at any stage recognised, approved, or otherwise indicated that the Graduate Diploma in Physical Education delivered by an organisation met the curricular subject requirements for registration as a post-primary teacher of physical education; and whether her attention has been drawn to reports that…
1033. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of applications for recognition of a qualification obtained outside the State received by CORU in each of the years 2021 to 2025, by profession and by outcome (granted, refused, withdrawn or pending); and the number of applicants in each year whose qualification was obtained outside the EU and EEA. [74032/26]
1036. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to provide the number of overseas qualifications recognised by CORU in each of the years 2021 to 2025, where a compensation measure (details supplied) was required, by profession; and the number of applicants who did not complete the measure. [74034/26]
1038. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether CORU tests for or accepts English language certifications as part of its verification process for the suitability of foreign professionals’ qualifications to practice in the State. [74035/26]
1043. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether CORU verifies the authenticity of qualification documents directly with the awarding institution or competent authority for applicants trained outside the State; and, if so, the proportion of such applications in which direct verification was carried out in each of the last three years. [74036/26]
1044. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health Whether CORU or her Department has carried out a review, audit or evaluation of CORU’s processes for assessing qualifications obtained outside the State; if so, the date and findings of each; and, if not, whether one is planned. [74037/26]
1045. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of registrations on the CORU register in each of the years 2021 to 2025 later found to have been based on false, forged or misleading documentation; the professions concerned; and the action taken by CORU in each case. [74038/26]
1075. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland and the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland collect data on registrants whose qualifications were obtained outside the State and on fitness to practise complaints concerning them; and, if so, the most recent figures for each. [74044/26]
1085. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether a person or organisation may raise a concern with CORU about a registration decision or the recognition of a qualification, as distinct from a complaint about a registrant; the procedure for doing so; and the number of such concerns received and their outcomes in each of the last three years. [74041/26]
1086. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of fitness to practise complaints received by CORU in each of the years 2021 to 2025 concerning registrants registered on the basis of a qualification obtained outside the State; and their outcomes, compared with registrants who qualified in the State, by profession. [74040/26]
1164. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the reason a person considered to be a nurse specialist in Northern Ireland with ten years’ experience in Scotland and Northern Ireland is not considered to be a nurse specialist in alcohol and drugs addiction services in the Republic of Ireland, unless they are qualified to a level 9 / postgraduate / master’s level (details supplied). [34835/26]
252. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if a qualification achieved in a university (details supplied) meets the requirements for the criteria outlined for senior executive engineers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27863/26]
330. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide clarification regarding the refusal of incremental credit to a teacher for previous teaching experience in a private school (details supplied); if the refusal will be reconsidered given the information outlined regarding qualifications and experience; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15681/26]
969. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health if she will address the continued refusal to recognise the UK qualification in dental hygiene with oral therapy for professional practice in Ireland; the rationale for this position given the significant backlogs in dental services, particularly within school dental programmes, where the recognition of this qualification could help alleviate service pressures, s…
104. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the steps she is taking to expedite the long delays in processing the applications for recognition to practice for psychologists; and if she will consider waiving of the 60-day clinical practice requirement for those coming from the UK and a temporary restriction of their practice, in order to bring more psychologists into practice within the HSE. [64372/25]
109. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if she will consider revising plans in place to modify standards for registration as a counsellor or psychotherapist currently under consideration by CORU, in order to reflect the concerns raised by members of an organisation (details supplied). [64595/25]
562. Deputy Peter Roche asked the Minister for Health her Department's perspective on the CORU revised standards and criteria for counsellors and psychotherapists (details supplied); and the reason the revised standards also reduce the requirements for clinical supervision of therapists, which is an essential component of safe practice and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64639/25]
1154. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he is aware that the Commission for Regulation of Utilities excluded electric instrumentation tradespeople from registering with Safe Electric, both as a registered electrical contractor and attaining a qualified certifier number; the reasons for this decision and the timeline involved; and if he …
1155. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he is aware that by denying electric instrumentation tradespeople from being able to register with Safe Electric, these tradespeople are prevented from starting their own electrical business (domestic, commercial or industrial) and by being denied a QC number, they cannot sign off on any electrica…
1156. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his views that by denying electric instrumentation tradespeople from being able to register with Safe Electric, barriers are being placed in the way of electric instrumentation tradespeople currently living abroad who wish to return to Ireland to live and work under the build back home campaign; and …
1157. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the concrete action his Department will take to ensure that electric instrumentation tradespeople are able to register with Safe Electric; his views this is a necessary pressing step that needs to be taken urgently, particularly as regards to tradespeople returning to Ireland under the build back hom…
358. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Health if there is a policy within CORU not to recognise degree programmes from universities in illegal settlements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56057/25]
572. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason an Irish citizen who trained in the UK cannot gain employment to carry out dyslexia assessments for young students in Ireland, despite holding the same accreditation as all those who study in Ireland (details supplied); if she will urgently review these requirements to ensure that those who have the appropriate qualifications and want to…