Optical Registration Board – Election Results 2021
Election of Members for Appointment to the Optical Registration Board (S.I. No. 438 of 2017)
Returning Officer’s Declaration
Notice of candidates elected
The notice of election of members for appointment to the Optical Registration Board and request for nominations of candidates for one electoral category was published in the Irish Times newspaper and on www.coru.ie on Tuesday 20 October 2020.
The closing date for receipt of ballots was 5pm on Friday 08 January 2021. The counting of votes commenced at 9.30am on 13 July 2021.
One member has been deemed validly nominated and elected in Category 1A and one member has been deemed validly nominated and elected in Category 2.
Category 1A
The following candidate has been declared validly nominated and elected in Category 1A: Optometrist registrant who is engaged in the practice of the profession as an Optometrist
| Name: | Michael Moore |
| Registration No: OP013319 | County of Practice: Dublin 8 |
The results of the election and details of each count in Category 1A are available in the Returning Officer’s Declaration available here.
Category 2
The following candidate has been declared validly nominated and elected in Category 2: Optometrist registrant who is engaged in the management of services provided by the profession of optometry
| Name: | Derville Pitcher |
| Registration No: OP013061 | County of Practice: Co. Dublin |
The results of the election and details of each count in Category 2 are available in the Returning Officer’s Declaration available here.
In accordance with the Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005 (as amended), the names of the above candidates will be forwarded to the Minister for Health for appointment to the Optical Registration Board.
P. Byrne Returning Officer
13 July 2021