Many of you will have already been involved with such confirmations. The Council is currently in the process of appointing its staff . These appointments will allow for expansion of the work and profile of the National Council. The newsletter provides you with details of the mission and functions of the National Council. The newsletter of the National Council for the Professional Development of Nursing and Midwifery will be published quarterly and will be circulated to all nurses and midwives on the live register of An Bord Altranais.
Additional copies are available on request.
The National Council came into being in November of 1999 and held its first meeting on 17th January 2000. These functions reflect the functions identified for the National Council by the Commission on Nursing. It should be noted that three of the functions proposed by the Commission for the Council are currently vested in An Bord Altranais under the Nurses Act 1985. The Board will continue to exercise those functions pending the enactment of new legislation to amend the Act. The Statutory Instrument also set out details concerning the composition, administration and structures of accountability of the Council which reflect the recommendations of the Commission on Nursing.