At its meeting on Wednesday, 22 March, our Board confirmed the names of those who are removed from the Register of Nurses and Midwives for failure to pay the annual renewal fee.

The Board considers removals under Section 77 of the Nurses and Midwives Act 2011, as amended.

Removal notices are being issued from 22 March to those who did not renew their registration for 2023.

Notifications of removals will be sent to the Minister for Health, the Health Service Executive and other known employers under Section 82 of the Act.

All nurses and midwives who practise in Ireland must, by law, be listed on the Register of Nurses and Midwives. It is an offence to practise nursing or midwifery if your name is not on the Register. Practice includes clinical practice, nursing or midwifery management, education, and research.

It is the registrants’ legal and professional responsibility to ensure that their name is on the Register if they practise nursing or midwifery in Ireland.

Registrants wishing to restore their name to the Register for 2023 are required to pay a restoration fee of €250 in addition to the annual renewal fee of €100. They must also comply with the restoration requirements at the time of application.

Those who wish to voluntarily remove their name from the Register can do so on MyNMBI. This service is free of charge.