The CEO of  NMBI Dr. Maura Pidgeon addressed the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health and Children on 16 July about the registration of overseas nurses.  She told TDs and Senators that "some 974 applications were received between January and June of this year, which compares to 302 applications received in the same period last year". She added that 70% of the 2,016 applications currently being processed "cannot progress due to incomplete documentation having been received".  Read the CEO’s opening address to the Oireachtas Committee