Health Committee Chairperson in the Committees of Inquiry
CORU now invites expressions of interest from suitably qualified and experienced non-registrants (lay people) who are interested in being appointed to the role of Chairperson of the Health Committee (Committees of Inquiry).
As part of CORU’s statutory objective to protect the public, the Committees of Inquiry are a semi-judicial committee established by CORU to consider fitness to practise complaints about Health and Social Care Professionals.
If is decided that the complaint requires further action and is not suitable for mediation or there is no consent to mediation, the complaint will go before a Committee of Inquiry. This may be a Professional Conduct Committee or a Health Committee.
Hearings will be similar to hearings before a Court or tribunal. In brief, at a hearing the Professional Conduct Committee or the Health Committee hears evidence from the parties to a complaint and ultimately decides, having considered the evidence, if there is an impairment to practise on the part of the Registrant who has been complained about.
If you are expressing an interest in being considered for the role you must have:
- at least 2 years’ experience sitting on a Disciplinary Committee or similar decision-making body in a quasi-judicial function
- the ability to conduct hearings in accordance with fair procedures
- the ability to explain and justify decisions in language appropriate for a broad range of interested parties
- the ability to compose decision(s), setting out clear and concise reasons for such decision(s).
In addition, you must not be registered or ever have been registered with CORU or predecessor bodies, or hold a qualification that would allow you to apply to be on any register of the Registration Boards established by the Act.
Full information on this position can be found in the Information Booklet. The Expression of Interest Form must be completed and submitted by email to appointments@coru.ie.
Please send the completed application form to appointments@coru.ie so that it arrives no later than 3pm on Friday 24 April 2026.
Cathaoirleach an Choiste Sláinte sna Coistí Fiosrúcháin
Tá léirithe spéise á lorg ag CORU anois ó dhaoine neamhchláraithe (daoine tuata) atá cáilithe agus a bhfuil taithí acu agus ar spéis leo a bheith ceaptha ina Chathaoirleach ar an gCoiste Sláinte (Coistí Fiosrúcháin).
Mar chuid de chuspóir reachtúil CORU leis an bpobal a chosaint, is coiste leathbhreithiúnach iad na Coistí Fiosrúcháin arna mbunú ag CORU chun gearáin maidir le feidhmiúlacht chun cleachtadh faoi Ghairmithe Sláinte agus Cúraim Shóisialaigh a bhreithniú.
á chinntear go bhfuil gá le gníomh breise i leith an ghearáin agus nach bhfuil sé oiriúnach le haghaidh idirghabhála nó mura bhfuil toiliú ann le haghaidh idirghabhála, cuirfear an gearán os comhair Coiste Fiosrúcháin. D’fhéadfadh Coiste Iompair Ghairmiúil nó Coiste Sláinte a bheith ann.
Beidh éisteachtaí cosúil le héisteachtaí os comhair Cúirte nó binse fiosrúcháin. Go hachomair, ag an éisteacht, éisteann an Coiste Iompair Ghairmiúil nó an Coiste Sláinte fianaise ó na páirtithe sa ghearán agus is é a chinneann ar deireadh, tar éis an fhianaise a bhreithniú, an ann d’fheidhmiúlacht chun cleachtadh lagaithe i gcás an Chláraí a ndearnadh an gearán ina thaobh.
Más mian leat spéis a léiriú go ndéanfaí tú a bhreithniú don ról, ní mór duit na riachtanais seo a leanas a chomhlíonadh:
· 2 bhliain ar a laghad de thaithí ag obair ar Choiste Araíonachta nó ar chomhlacht cinnteoireachta comhchosúil i bhfeidhm leathbhreithiúnach
· gan bheith ar Chomhairle ná ar Bhord Clárúcháin de chuid CORU faoi láthair de réir alt 51(6) den Acht um Ghairmithe Sláinte agus Cúraim Shóisialaigh, 2005 (arna leasú)
· an cumas éisteachtaí a reáchtáil de réir nósanna imeachta córa
· an cumas cinntí a mhíniú agus a chosaint i dteanga atá oiriúnach do réimse leathan páirtithe leasmhara.
· an cumas cinneadh/cinntí a cheapadh agus cúiseanna soiléire agus gonta a thabhairt leis an gcinneadh/na cinntí sin
Ina theannta sin, ní mór gan a bheith cláraithe, ná a bheith cláraithe riamh, le CORU ná le réamhchomhlachtaí, ná cáilíocht a bheith agat a cheadódh duit iarratas a dhéanamh le bheith ar aon chlár de na Boird Chlárúcháin a bunaíodh leis an Acht.
Is féidir eolas iomlán faoin bpost seo a fháil sa Leabhrán Eolais. Ní mór an Fhoirm Léirithe Suime a chomhlánú agus a chur isteach trí ríomhphost chuig appointments@coru.ie.
Seol an fhoirm iarratais chomhlánaithe chuig appointments@coru.ie ionas go mbeidh sí againn tráth nach déanaí ná 3pm Dé hAoine, an 24 Aibreán 2026.