Findings and Decisions

Section 77 of the Health and Social Care Professionals Act, 2005 (as amended) provides that Council shall (with the exception of a sanction of admonishment or censure) advise the public as to the outcome of a fitness to practise process.

Council must publish a sanction of admonishment or censure if it is satisfied that it is in the public interest to do so.

2026

Registrant	Edmond O’Grady
Profession	Physiotherapist
Registration No.	PT026973
Sanction	Censure
Findings	Failure to comply with an undertaking in response to a request under Section 61 of the Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005 (as amended)
Details	Professional Conduct Committee Report

Registrant	Anna Marie Stack Rivas
Profession	Physiotherapist
Registration No.	PT031856
Findings	Professional Misconduct
Sanction	Pursuant to Sections 66(1)(a)(b)(c) of the Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005 (as amended) that the Registrant be censured, suspended for a specific period of time and that a condition is imposed on the Registrant's practise.
Confirmed by High Court	16 September 2026
Effective From	Pursuant to Section 72(2) of the Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005 (as amended), the suspension of registration is effective from 23 September 2026
Details	Council Report Professional Conduct Committee Transcript Day 1 Professional Conduct Committee Transcript Day 2 Professional Conduct Committee Transcript Day 3 Professional Conduct Committee Transcript Day 4 Professional Conduct Committee Report

Registrant	Debaprasad Haldar
Profession	Occupational Therapist
Registration No.	OT014722
Sanction	Censure
Details	Professional Conduct Committee Report

Registrant	Niamh Fehily
Profession	Physiotherapist
Registration Number	PT037324
Findings	Professional Misconduct & Poor Professional Performance
Sanction	Pursuant to Section 66(1)(b) of the Health and Social Care Professionals Act, 2005, as amended, that the Registrant be censured and that conditions are imposed on Registrant’s practise.
Confirmed by High Court	09 February 2026
Details	Link to the Report of the Professional Conduct Committee