Michael McCarthy (Cork South West, Labour)
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Question 385: To ask the Minister for Health if a national investigation he promised to examine the number of unregistered nurses working in the Health Service Executive has begun; the scope and reach of the investigation in terms of the healthcare facilities that will be looked at and in terms of the actual timescale that will be studied; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16419/11]

James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)
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Arising from notification of a nurse practising without registration, I instructed my officials last month to write to the Health Service Executive (HSE), asking them to confirm that arrangements are in place to ensure that there is compliance with the various registration requirements, and where any HSE employee is found to be in breach of this compliance, procedures are in place to ensure that employment ceases/is suspended in each case immediately. Any decision in relation to re-employment/reinstatement is a matter for the HSE once all the necessary registration requirements are complied with. The HSE have confirmed that procedures are in place in relation to the registration of health professionals who are subject to statutory registration and that these arrangements are currently under review.