Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 17 April 2018
801. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1077 of 11 September 2017, the status of the establishment of a registration board for regulation of counsellors and psychotherapists; the status of the drafting of by-laws to establish a register of members of the professions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15643/18]
Amharc ar fhreagraFurther to Parliamentary Question 37780/17, the Joint Committee on Health met on 7 March, 2018 to consider the regulations to designate the professions of counsellor and psychotherapist and establish the registration board under the Health and Social Care Professionals Act, 2005.
These regulations were subsequently approved by both houses of the Oireachtas on 22 March 2018 and will be signed by me later this month.
The next steps include the appointment of the 13 members of the Counsellors and Psychotherapists Registration Board by way of an advertisement campaign by the Public Appointments Service and the submission by the service of suitable candidates for my consideration. The registration board, once appointed later this year will undertake an extensive programme of work including the drafting of the various bye-laws to allow it to establish its registers.
