Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 23 March 2023
354. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the funding allocated to CORU in each of the past five years; the number of staff working in CORU in each of the past five years; the number of organisations being regulated by CORU in the corresponding timeframe, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14484/23]
View answerPlease find the requested information in tabular form below.
|
Year |
Number of Professions Regulated |
Total number of staff at year end |
Department of Health Funding - Vote 38 Subhead E1 |
Department of Health Funding - Vote 38 Subhead L (Capital) |
Total Funding |
|
€ |
€ |
€ |
|||
|
2022 |
11 |
79 |
5,000,000 |
98,993 |
5,098,993 |
|
2021 |
11 |
78 |
4,470,000 |
6,989 |
4,476,989 |
|
2020 |
10 |
62 |
3,250,000 |
189,990 |
3,439,990 |
|
2019 |
10 |
60 |
3,495,000 |
236,211 |
3,731,211 |
|
2018 |
9 |
48 |
3,205,000 |
1,134,890 |
4,339,890 |
|
19,420,000 |
1,667,073 |
21,087,073 |
As the Deputy may be aware, CORU is Ireland’s multi-profession health and social care regulator. Seventeen health and social care professions are designated for regulation by CORU under the Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005. There are currently registers open for eleven professions. These professions include: Dietitians/Dieticians, Medical Scientists, Occupational Therapists, Optometrists and Dispensing Opticians, Physiotherapists/Physical Therapists, Podiatrists/Chiropodists, Radiographers and Radiation Therapists, Social Workers and Speech and Language Therapists/Speech Therapists.
CORU is continuing the substantial work required to open the registers for the remaining designated professions of Social Care Workers (register scheduled to open on 30th November, 2023); Counsellors and Psychotherapists; Psychologists; Clinical Biochemists and Orthoptists. The registration boards for both the psychology profession and counselling and psychotherapy professions have been established and significant ongoing work is being undertaken to progress the opening of the registers for these professions. The work for both these Registration Boards has proved both complex and challenging due to the diverse nature of the professions and the myriad educational paths to qualification. Intense work is ongoing on progressing these professions to statutory regulation.
