Mary Mitchell O'Connor (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)
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646. To ask the Minister for Health the regulations governing the prescribing and fitting of hearing aids; if a person is required to be an audiologist and registered with the Irish Society of Hearing Aid Audiologists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20010/15]

Kathleen Lynch (Cork North Central, Labour)
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There are no statutory regulations governing the prescribing and fitting of hearing aids. A working group, consisting of representation from the HSE; the Irish Society of Hearing Aid Audiologists (ISHAA), which represents private sector hearing aid audiologists; the Irish Academy of Audiology (IAA), which represents public sector audiologists; and DeafHear is developing quality standards for adult hearing aid provision which will be applicable across both public and private services. The ISHAA and the IAA have introduced a voluntary registration process for their members.