Gary Gannon (Dublin Central, Social Democrats)
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1883. To ask the Minister for Health when she anticipates that social care workers will be required to register with CORU; the steps being taken to ensure that the necessary regulatory framework is in place to facilitate this registration; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12632/25]

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)
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CORU is Ireland’s multi-profession health and social care regulator. CORU’s role is to protect the public by regulating the health and social care professions designated under the Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005 (as amended), including setting the standards that health and social care professionals must meet to be eligible for registration and maintaining registers of persons who meet those standards.

In March 2015 the Social Care Workers Registration Board (SCWRB) was established under the Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005 (amended) to regulate the profession of social care worker.

The Social Care Workers Registration Board at CORU has statutory responsibility for the:

• Establishing and maintaining a Register of members of the profession.
• Assessing, approving and monitoring training courses for the health and social care professions under the Act.
• Establishing the Code of Professional Conduct and Ethics and standards of performance to which social care workers must adhere.