Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance)
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635. To ask the Minister for Health how a non-national physiotherapist (details supplied) can meet work placement requirements enforced by CORU for physiotherapy practice in Ireland if the restrictions will not allow the applicant to carry out the placement in their current place of employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22597/23]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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I can confirm that officials in my Department have been in touch with CORU and they have indicated they have yet to receive an Adaptation Period proposal from the named applicant.

The last correspondence received from the applicant was on the 19^thDecember 2022 indicating they wished to undertake an adaptation period. CORU then responded with the documentation required for the applicant to complete an adaptation period proposal.

Once this documentation is complete, the applicant should submit the proposal to CORU for a decision on its suitability. The decision will be made by the Physiotherapists Registration Board.

All adaptation period proposals submitted by applicants are reviewed based on the information provided i.e. on a case by case basis. All must take place within the state and be supervised by a CORU registered professional.

I trust this information is of some assistance but if any further clarity is required please do not hesitate to get in touch.