Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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807. To ask the Minister for Health if CORU evaluates on a weekly basis new applications or if it is dealing with applications in bulk. [6209/25]

Kieran O'Donnell (Limerick City, Fine Gael)
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Applications for both recognition of international qualifications and applications to join a register are dealt with on a case-by-case basis in order of date of receipt and not in bulk. Applications which require a decision from the relevant professional registration board (rather than the registrar) are evaluated at the next scheduled board meeting. Applications where the registration board have delegated authority to the registrar to make decisions are evaluated on a weekly basis. Once an application for recognition of international qualifications is received by CORU under legislation the application must be reviewed and verified within 30 days of receipt. The recognition department review new applications received daily and commence the verification on the application. If an applicant has not provided all the required information as part of the application, they will be notified and requested to provide the missing information in order to progress their application.

Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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808. To ask the Minister for Health the frequency with which the CORU qualification recognition board meets throughout the year to evaluate decisions. [6210/25]

Kieran O'Donnell (Limerick City, Fine Gael)
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CORU has a registration board for each of the professions making decisions on applications for recognition of international qualification and applications for registration. These boards meet on a frequency of 4-6 weeks (please see number of meetings per board in 2024 in the attached word document). Boards with higher volumes of applications have more frequent meetings to manage the volume and ensure decision-making in as timely a manner as possible. Given the voluntary nature of registration board membership, attendance at all meetings can be difficult for members, and on rare occasions a meeting may not meet quorum and will be delayed. In 2024, CORU worked with registration boards to implement new policy approaches such as the ‘Frequently Seen Qualifications’ process and increased delegations to the registrar to allow some application types progress more efficiently to decision making.

Registration Board Meetings of Year 2024