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Select Committee on Health: Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 May 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: Leave that with me. It certainly something we can discuss further and we could maybe consider bringing it in on Report Stage. Let me just talk further with the officials on what that might encompass. I would not be averse to that. To the various points Deputy Shortall made, I share a lot of those concerns. I am not satisfied with the progress that has been made today. I am not...

Select Committee on Health: Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 May 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: 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...

Select Committee on Health: Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 May 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: No, they are on the list of 20 that are looking to be regulated.

Select Committee on Health: Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 May 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: It is the remaining 25 professions. There are the three that are hopefully under way now. There are the two designated and then there is the remaining 20. Chiropractors and osteopaths are included, both of which I have been to many times after I broke my back as a much younger man. I have had much relief from chiropractors and osteopaths, and I could not agree more. Regarding CORU, the...

Select Committee on Health: Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 May 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: That is being done between CORU and the Department. The work will kick off in the next few weeks. We have allocated €330,000 to it to get it moving.

Select Committee on Health: Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 May 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: I move amendment No. 7: In page 7, between lines 22 and 23, to insert the following: “Amendment of section 49 of Act of 2007 7. Section 49 of the Act of 2007 is amended— (a) by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (1): “(1) The Council shall register in the Trainee Specialist Division a medical practitioner who has completed a course of...

Select Committee on Health: Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 May 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: Do I need to move amendment No. 7?

Select Committee on Health: Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 May 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: As outlined on Second Stage, one of the most time-sensitive measures in the Bill is the restoration of eligibility for UK medical degree holders to access internship training posts in Ireland. Following the UK leaving the EU, the Medical Practitioners Act 2007 prevents holders of UK medical degrees from internship registration. I am keen to address this in time for the next group of interns...

Select Committee on Health: Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 May 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: I move amendment No. 9: In page 9, to delete line 26.

Select Committee on Health: Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 May 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: I move amendment No. 10: In page 9, line 33, to delete “section 11.”.” and substitute the following: “section 11.”, and”.

Select Committee on Health: Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 May 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: I move amendment No. 11: In page 9, between lines 33 and 34, to insert the following: “(d) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (1), renumbered under subsection (1), of said section 36D: “(2) In this section, ‘United Kingdom’ means— (a) the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, (b) the Channel Islands, and (c) the...

Select Committee on Health: Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 May 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: I move amendment No. 1: In page 5, line 16, to delete “This Act, other than Part 4,” and substitute “Section 6”. These are technical amendments relating to numbering issues.

Select Committee on Health: Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 May 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: Yes, I think we are. A later, substantial amendment deals with what guidelines CORU will put in place for employers to certify that the type of work experience discussed in this amendment is legitimate and can be considered sufficient to be registered. There are a few different aspects to the matter. The first is whether we are in compliance with EU law. Part of what this does is it makes...

Select Committee on Health: Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 May 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: No, just social care workers.

Select Committee on Health: Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 May 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: Let me just grab a copy of amendment No. 5.

Select Committee on Health: Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 May 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: Yes.

Select Committee on Health: Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 May 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: We are saying that the person is a regulated social care worker, based on experience.

Select Committee on Health: Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 May 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: That is right.

Select Committee on Health: Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 May 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: We are seeking to have a professional register for social care workers. We are cognisant that social care workers, by their nature, work in different aspects of healthcare and social care. They may work, for example, in disability services, addiction services or homeless services, and various other services. We are creating a professional register. I hear the Deputy and I do not disagree....

Select Committee on Health: Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 May 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: However, mechanical engineers are not employed to pour concrete or build buildings for very good reason. They might be a certified engineer but they are not trained in that, so no employer would employ a mechanical engineer to build roads or pour concrete. We are dealing with a situation where an unregulated group of healthcare professionals, who are interacting with vulnerable people, can...