The Department of Justice is not a Competent Authority for any regulated profession in Ireland and has no role in the recognition of qualifications for people fleeing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
As the Deputy may be aware, where a Ukrainian person wishes to practice a regulated profession in Ireland, they must engage with the relevant Competent Authority with responsibility for that profession to seek the recognition of their qualifications.
Ireland has over 45 Competent Authorities covering a wide range of professions. A list of regulated professions in Ireland, their corresponding competent authority and the relevant contact information for each authority is available on the Government website at the following link:
assets.gov.ie/224329/d51af586-f4dc-449f-a6a7-e4406c4dddeb.pdf
To support the implementation of The European Commission Recommendation (EU) 2022/554 published on April 5 2022, the European Commission is hosting a number of focused meetings with EU Member States. Ireland has been represented at these meetings by the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science.
This work with the European Commission is ongoing in relation to the recognition of professional qualifications of Ukrainian people in Ireland to ensure an EU-wide appropriate response.
The Deputy may wish to note that the Public Appointments Service (PAS) initiated a competition to recruit Ukranian nationals from which a panel of Temporary Clerical Officers was established.
A professional qualification is not required for the Ukrainian Temporary Clerical Officer role. My Department has employed a number of Ukranian people from this panel and is very pleased to support this positive initiative.
