Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 13 June 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care

Mental Health Services Staff: Discussion

1:30 pm

Mr. Peter Hughes:

I do not have the figures for graduates with me. Despite 420 nurses having been trained in 2016, I am almost certain there were 180 new registrants, probably including new registrants coming from overseas.

That is a very low number registering. It is indicative of the number moving on. There were 1,700 people looking for verification of their registration.