Gender Pay Gap Report
Gender Pay Gap Report 2025 NMBI is committed to promoting a fair, transparent and inclusive working environment. As a regulator within a profession that has been historically and predominantly female, our organisational profile reflects this wider sectoral trend. While this ...
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Launch of the Code of Professional Conduct and Ethics
Launch of the Code of Professional Conduct and Ethics Pictured above (L to R): Carolyn Donohoe, NMBI Interim Chief Executive; Minister for Health, Jennifer Carroll MacNeill; Lorraine Clarke Bishop, NMBI Interim Director of Education, Policy and Standards and Áine Lynch, N...
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Access to Information on the Environment (AIE)
Access to Information on the Environment (AIE) The European Communities (Access to Information on the Environment) Regulations 2007-2018 (AIE Regulations) give you the right to access information held by NMBI about environmental issues. The AIE Regulations allow you acc...
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Fitness to Practise Committee (2011)
Fitness to Practise Committee The role of the Fitness to Practise Committee is to inquire into complaints referred by the Preliminary Proceedings Committee under Section 61 of the Nurses and Midwives Act 2011, as amended. On completion of an inquiry, the Fitness to Practise ...
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What We Do
What we do Protecting patients is our main objective The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI) is the independent, statutory organisation which regulates the nursing and midwifery professions in Ireland. We work with nurses and midwives, the public and key stakehold...
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Practice Placements
Education Standard 6: practice placements The following is the standard for practice placements required by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI) for approval of Higher Level Institutions (HEIs), associated health care providers (AHCPs) and educational programmes...
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Policy for Programme Approval and Monitoring Processes
Policy for Programme Approval and Monitoring Processes NMBI sets the standards and requirements for registration in any division of the register and specialist nursing and midwifery qualifications. NMBI sets the criteria for the approval of a body seeking to deliver an educ...
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RUN ME Research Report Webinar
Webinar on the RUN ME Research Report In December 2023, NMBI held a webinar with our colleagues in the Chief Nurse’s Office on the RUN ME Research Report, during which we heard from the Research Team and Principal Investigator Associate Professor, Mary Ryder. The RUN...
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Header Assessment Fee: All applicants must pay an assessment fee with this Application Request Form. The fee covers the cost of assessing your application, based on the information required in our Application Pack. The assessment fee is non-refundable. If your application...
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Governance
Governance of NMBI This part of the website provides details of our governance structure, our Board members and committees, as well as policy documents. The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI) was established by the Nurses Act 1950 and continues under the provis...
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Clinical Practice
Education Clinical practice and midwifery programmes These standards and requirements set out the standards and requirements for approval of the clinical practice and clinical learning environment for undergraduate midwife registration programmes. Clinical Practice Experien...
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Publications Policy (1985 Act)
Publication policy: Nurses Act 1985 This is the publication policy following fitness to practise inquiries held pursuant to Part V of the Nurses Act, 1985. This policy was approved by the Board on the 28 April 2015. 1. Relevant legislation. Part V, Nurses Act 1985. 2. L...
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Vacancies
NMBI Job Vacancies About NMBI NMBI is the regulator for the professions of nursing and midwifery in Ireland. It has a statutory obligation to protect the integrity of the practice of the professions of nursing and midwifery and to protect the public. The role of NM...
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Conversations on Nursing and Midwifery Regulation
Conversations on Nursing and Midwifery Regulation On Tuesday, 2 May 2023 NMBI held a Forum called 'Conversations on Nursing and Midwifery Regulation' in collaboration with the Chief Nursing Officer in the Department of Health. The event was an opportunity to bring tog...
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Protected Disclosures
Protected Disclosures Section 22 of the Protected Disclosures Act 2014 requires the publication of an Annual Report each year relating to the number of protected disclosures made in the preceding year and any actions taken in response to such disclosures. Protected Disclos...
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Preparing your Documents
Preparing your Documents It is important that you submit valid and translated documents to avoid any delays in processing your application. The documents you will need to submit depend on many factors (for example if you are a G1, G2 or G3 Applicant, if you hold an EPC...
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Temporary and Occasional Applications
Temporary and Occasional Applications G1 and G2 applicants may provide their services in Ireland on a temporary and occasional basis. We look at the following criteria to assess the provision of nursing and midwifery services temporarily: Duration Frequency Re...
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Registration Fees
NMBI services The table below shows the current fee schedule for registration with NMBI. Fees Summary of fees Fee Annual Retention Fee €100 Advanced Nurse or Midwife Practitioners Registration Fee €145...
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Preparing your Documents
Preparing your Documents It is important that you submit valid and translated documents to avoid any delays in processing your application. The documents you will need to submit depend on many factors (for example if you are a G1, G2 or G3 Applicant, if you hold an EPC...
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Temporary and Occasional Applications
Temporary and Occasional Applications G1 and G2 applicants may provide their services in Ireland on a temporary and occasional basis. We look at the following criteria to assess the provision of nursing and midwifery services temporarily: Duration Frequency Re...
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