Over the past three months, there have been 18 appointments made to the Health and Social Care Professionals Council and Registration Boards CORU would like to welcome all of our new Council and Registration Board members and thank them for taking on this important role.
The following appointments were made to Council.
- James Forbes (formerly an observer to Council - now repesenting the Social Care Workers Registration Board)
- Brian Lee
- Ruth Charles (Dietitians Registration Board representative)
- Treasa Campbell
- Fergal O’Sullivan
All of the remaining vacancies on Council that can be filled by the Department have been progressed with a number of recommendations currently on the Ministers desk for appointment.
The Minister has made the following professional appointments to the Occupational Therapists Registration Board following elections:
- Jagdish Prasad Yadav – Occupational Therapy practitioner
- Gerard Walsh – Occupational Therapy Manager
The Minister has also made several appointments to Registration Boards filling vacancies in the category of management of a voluntary or private sector organisation concerned with health or social care:
- Fearghal Grimes - Physiotherapists Registration Board
- Geraldine Murray - Dietitians Registration Board
- Brian Hogan - Social Care Workers Registration Board
In addition to this, the Minister has also appointed a number of public interest representatives on Registration Boards:
- Anne Sheehan – Occupational Therapists Registration Board (currently also a member of the Optical Registration Board)
- Bernard Hegarty – Speech and Language Therapists Registration Board
- Catherine O’Neill - Speech and Language Therapists Registration Board
- Clodagh Geraghty – Medical Scientists Registration Board
- Ruth Maher - Physiotherapists Registration Board
- Damien Courtney – Social Workers Registration Board (currently also a member of the Social Care Workers Registration Board)
- Marian Quinn – Social Workers Registration Board
- Richard Brennan - Optical Registration Board
CORU would like to welcome all of our new members and thank them for taking on this important role. We'd also like to show our appreciation to all of the outgoing Board and Council members for their work and significant contribution to CORU. Thank you to all of the members, all of whom participate on a voluntary basis, for their ongoing commitment, collaborative effort and involvement in policy and decision making.
