Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

"Iris Oifigiúil" of 17th October, 2014.

The Speech and Language Therapists Registration Board, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by section 31 of the Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005 (as amended), with the approval of the Health and Social Care Professionals Council, hereby makes the following bye-law:

1. (1) The bye-law may be cited as the Speech and Language Therapists Registration Board Approved Qualifications Bye-law 2014.

(2) The bye-law comes into operation on 14 October 2014.

2. In this bye-law-

"the Act" means the Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005 (no.27 of 2005) as amended from time to time;

"the Register" means the Register of the Speech and Language Therapists Registration Board to be established under section 36(1)(a) of the Act.

The Speech and Language Therapists Registration Board, for the purposes of Section 38(2)(a) of the Act, hereby approves the following qualifications as attesting to the standard of proficiency required for registration:

1. Bachelor in Science in Clinical Speech and Language Studies, University of Dublin, Trinity College Dublin.

2. Bachelor of Science (Speech and Language Therapy), University College Cork

3. Bachelor of Science (Speech and Language Therapy), National University of Ireland, Galway

4. Master of Science in Speech and Language Therapy (Professional Qualification), University of Limerick.

GIVEN under the seal of the Speech and Language TherapistsRegistration Board

14 October 2014.

HELEN SHORTT,

Chairperson, Speech and Language Therapists RegistrationBoard.

and

FINTAN REDDY,

Member, Speech and Language Therapists RegistrationBoard.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

This bye-law identifies the qualifications awarded in the State which are approved by the Speech and Language Therapists Registration Board as attesting to the standard of proficiency required for registration with the Speech and Language Therapists Registration Board.