Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 24 January 2017
428. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Health to outline the reason a person (details supplied) who secured full-time employment at University Hospital Waterford in early December 2016 is still waiting for a personal identification number from the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland. [2663/17]
View answerDepartment Officials have sought and received a report from the NMBI on this matter and the contents of that report are set out in the following paragraphs.
The applicant, who undertook her training in the UK, was issued with an application pack on 19 October 2016. She applied for consideration of registration in the General Nurse Division of the Register on 7 November 2016. The NMBI required verification of registration and good standing from the Nursing and Midwifery Council in the United Kingdom and that verification was received by the NMBI on 5 January 2017.
This application is currently being assessed in the Registration Department and a decision will be reached on her application later today. Subject to a positive decision on the matter, the applicant will be informed of this decision and will be requested to pay the final €145 registration fee. On receipt of this fee her application will be finalised as soon as the payment is processed in the NMBI's Finance Department.
