Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent)
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656. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nurses and midwives removed from the register of nurses and midwives maintained by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland as a result of non-payment of their annual retention fees to date in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45182/21]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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Each year it is necessary for all nurses and midwives working in Ireland to pay their retention fee to maintain their registration. The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI) is required to be self-financing under the Nurses and Midwives Act 2011 and this is done through the annual renewal fee of €100. This financing allows NMBI to carry out its statutory obligation: to protect the integrity of the practice of the professions of nursing and midwifery and the public.

If a registrant does not complete the annual renewal by the deadline, NMBI is legally obliged to include their name on the list of registrants that will be removed from the Register. In 2021, 2,504 registrants were removed from the NMBI Register.