There has always been regulation of these professions, just not through a single agency. Garda vetting is required to work in the health service in Ireland and for each of the professions outlined above professional governing bodies already exist and membership (and fees) have been mandatory for some time.

I cant speak for the other professions involved but Medical Scientists already have to pay a minimum of €210 depending on our pay grade to the Academy of Medical Laboratory Science…. who do the same thing as this new CORU crowd…..

The crap thing is we will have to stay registered with the AMLS as-well to meet the requirements of our continuous professional development scheme….

So its exactly what it says in the article a €295 tax for something we all-ready have and all-ready pay for

that’s a small amount to pay..anyone who install electric gates CCTV alarms security have to pay 2000 each to be allowed install equipment is have a security gard

This is not about regulation. It is merely another form of revenue. And now uncle Sam is forcing these professions into registering.

@Anthony “Garda vetting is required to work in the health service in Ireland” While this is true to work in the HSE in any capacity, we’re now seeing the introduction of agency staff in almost all areas and grades as a result of the employment embargo. As they work for an agency and are not directly employed by the HSE they are not required to have garda clearence, while many of these agency staff are Irish, a significant amount are not, and for these particular employees Interpol would have to be contacted along with the police in their country or origin. To do this would be a time consuming and possibly expensive action, who would foot the bill? I’ve known people who had to wait a couple of months for their garda clearance to come through before being allowed to set foot in a hospital, imagine an agency who have a high turnover of staff and want their new employee onsite quickly. If Interpol and an Eastern European police have to be contacted they could be waiting 6 months. It doesn’t happen of course.

I was agencey staff for the hse at one stage, I had to have Garda vetting and AMLS membership

None of the various agency staff I’ve spoken to have ever had to get garda clearence, including some relatives, and as I said it would prove very difficult to do for many of the agency staff who have come from Eastern Europe and worked in several countries across Europe. What about African agency staff, who would an employer contact for police clearence there and how long would that take? It may be that the that the agency paramedic body you worked with required garda clearence as you would be working with the HSE, and this was a good thing, but as more and more HSE staff are now replaced by agency staff this doesn’t seem to be the norm from what I’ve been told.

and a privilege it is to be employed in a safe and secure job where workers have total security, so much so that when people are jailed for violently abusing children over a long number of years, there is no finacial consequence for the state workers who knew but did nothing. Now thats a job that many would pay a registration fee to secure.

Most of them Are off farming stock! Don’t they get everything for nothing?

What are you talking about, rodrigo?!

“The Health and Social Care Professionals Council at CORU has 25 voluntary members who have been appointed by the Minister for Health and Children. It has a lay majority with one member representing each of the 12 registered professions, and 13 other members who do not come from the registered professions. ”

That’s 25 appointed by the minister for health. “voluntary” of course. But so voluntary they even have a section on their site where you can fill in your online “expenses”. You need a log in unfortunately

http://www.coru.ie/council-member-area/alias-34/

Quango !!

Obviously you know very little about professionals it will be made up of their peers to oversee their practice , just as every other board for teachers nurses . Know what you are saying before you make silly statements quango my arse

Jerry. Try to follow along here. I posted the text and all for the slow people like you.

It clearly states 13 appointees who are not in the profession. All appointed by the minister for health.

Quango

And I will Quango ur arse if ur rude to me lime that again. Jerry.

Shaking I am what is lime meant to mean Croke park never be scrapped have to get on that quango friendly with local minister

Nurses and teachers can well afford to pay the E295 registration fees! This is government showing their fear of public service unions again! Oh for the day when we elect a government strong enough to take these leeches on!

My apologies Jerry it was a typo. Meant be “like”.

Croke Park will be defo be scrapped, regardless of a Yes or No. If No, we’ve no money. If Yes, we can apply for funding from the ESM but I’m reliably informed we won’t get it if we don’t slash public service pay – hence the unseemly rush to pass the referendum.

As for the Quango membership, make hay while the sun shines.

No Peter, it didn’t, but it sure doesn’t help the situation. And old Rodrigo has a point, many are ‘of Farming stock’ and are used to getting hand-outs for NOT being efficient or productive….so it’s in the blood perhaps! Remember to Vote tomorrow!

No they aren’t, even if the were its still a quango…. we already have this under a different name but they now want us to pay it again

Where there is a statutory requirement for membership of a professional body etc.

In some instances, individuals are required by statute to be registered members of a designated professional body, association, society, council, etc. before they can carry out the duties of their employment. Under long standing practice, a deduction under Section 114 TCA 1997 is allowed in respect of the annual registration or membership fees in such instances.

the tax deductable thing is news to me, my payslip never takes account of it since i have to pay myself by bank draft once a year.

The requirement for work as a medical scientist within the public sector is outlined in an order made by mary harney under section 22 of the health act 2004. It states the qualifications needed as well as “eligible for membership of the AMLS” however the only accepted proof of eligibility for membership is to get actual membership, or have the english IBMS membership in certain cases. in reality to get/hold down a job in the private or public sector you need membership

there is no loophole to get out of paying, believe me ive tried

Anthony, AMLS membership doesnt have to be renewed. Once you get it once, then thats your eligibility right there. I havent been a member in 4 years.

Union fees used to be tax deductible but no longer are. Professional registration fees are not.

Expecting more of the same in the future should the treaty be ratified.

Its all good im just a bit annoyed by it, I don’t mind paying the money I currently pay because the AMLS is run by scientists for scientists, and while AMLS membership is expensive they do provide us with on-line learning material, organise the odd conference and stuff.

CORU will be run by outsiders and do nothing to benefit its members besides giving us a little plastic card and is going to charge even more.

Unfortunately it will be coming in, its as if they have reached into my wallet and took the extra €295 already

Why?

What a stupid statement

Are you bitter that you never became a nurse or teacher

@ Rodrigo. Obviously not a public service employee. Why should everyone pay more. Oh yes because the public service employees work in such well paid jobs they should all pay through the nose. NOT

Were upset because more money will come out of our wages, I already have to give over 0.5% of my salary to my professional body and some other crowd wants another €295 on top of that to do absolutely nothing new.

The existence levy.