Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 1 June 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005 (Section 95(3)) (Variation of Title: Chiropodist) Regulations 2022

Mr. Aidan Tumbleton:

Again, we are protecting a variant title so it is quite similar in that "physical therapist" is a term that was often used interchangeably with "physiotherapist". That is what we are trying to accomplish here. Thinking back to Deputy Durkan's question, that was more problematic because there was a distinct group of practitioners who were practising as physical therapists and who had a slightly different scope from that of physiotherapists. That does not arise in this case. The same professionals are using the titles "chiropodist" and "podiatrist" interchangeably. It is the same legislation but, if we look at the nuances, we can see that it is a different issue. I would say that this is a lot less problematic or complex.

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