Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 10 April 2019
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs
Recruitment and Retention of Social Workers: Discussion (Resumed)
Alan Farrell (Dublin Fingal, Fine Gael)
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In terms of being able to practice, solicitors, for instance, have work placement, and although they are still solicitors, they are not permitted to practice until they do their placement. From what I am gathering, the witnesses' qualification is structured slightly differently. The placement arrives and the award arrives thereafter. Is that right?