Brian Stanley (Laois, Independent)
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572. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE and the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland recognise nursing qualifications, including psychiatric nursing qualifications attained through UK and other foreign universities. [26721/25]

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)
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Responsibility for the regulation of nurses and midwives in Ireland rests with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI).

The NMBI is an independent regulatory body established under the Nurses and Midwives Act, 2011.

As the registration of nurses and midwives is an operational matter for the NMBI, I have referred the question to them for its attention and direct response to the Deputy.

Brian Stanley (Laois, Independent)
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573. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE and the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland recognise the working experience of those with nursing qualifications working within the NHS and other national health services outside of Ireland; and if she will clarify the difficulties faced in accepting these qualifications. [26722/25]

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)
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Responsibility for the regulation of nurses and midwives in Ireland rests with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI).

The NMBI is an independent regulatory body established under the Nurses and Midwives Act, 2011.

As the registration of nurses and midwives is an operational matter for the NMBI, I have referred the question to them for its attention and direct response to the Deputy.