Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)
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880. To ask the Minister for Health the reason nurses who have trained in the United States must have regency of practice in order to register in the general division of nursing (details supplied). [19396/19]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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I would like to advise the Deputy that the regulations regarding the registration of a nurse or midwife is a matter for the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI).

I have asked the NMBI to reply directly to the Deputy in relation to this matter.