Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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It is not that the HSE is precluded from hiring them because they are not regulated. It is that the HSE does not have that role. That role has not been created within the HSE. It is probably a different conversation that needs to be had as we move towards more prevention, healthy Ireland and more exercise. The question then is where we should be creating exercise professional roles within the HSE. At the moment we do not, so that is certainly something we could look at in different ways. I imagine in terms of preventative work there would be a lot of value to it. We can probably have two separate conversations about it. First, should the HSE be hiring these professionals? Second, should we be regulating that profession?