Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 13 January 2016
572. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health why An Bord Altranais agus Cnáimhseachais na hÉireann has not responded or advised a person (details supplied) in County Limerick of the status of a request for recognition of qualifications obtained abroad, thereby preventing the person from securing better paid employment; if he will ensure that these procedures are improved going forward; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46614/15]
View answerThe applicant applied for consideration of registration in the General Nurse Division of the Register on 27 November 2014. The applicant originally undertook her nurse training in Romania. As part of the application process, the applicant was requested to complete an application form and return with various documents to the NMBI. She was also required to arrange for other documents to issue directly to NMBI from source. These documents included Transcript of Training, Reference, and Verification. The last document was received in the NMBI's office on 19 June 2015; however a number of documents received were in the Romanian language and required translation by an official translator which had to be arranged by the applicant.
The translations required were received on 7 July 2015 and the application was reviewed in early September 2015 and some further clarification was required in relation to gaps in her curriculum vitae and a question was raised in relation to the source of the transcript of training. The applicant was alerted, via email, of these issues on 16 September 2015. The applicant immediately contacted the NMBI's office to address the issues re the gaps on her CV. The NMBI were still at this stage awaiting a response from the applicant's school of nursing regarding the source of the transcript received.
All matters were resolved regarding the source of the transcript of training and translations duly received. Regular updates were provided to the applicant regarding the progress of her application.
The application is currently going through an educational assessment. It is anticipated that a decision will issue to her before the end of this week.
