Short answer
Identify the exact professional title and the regulator responsible for it.
Sources: Ireland Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment · Quality and Qualifications Ireland / NARIC Ireland
Who decides
The relevant regulator or competent authority.
Sources: Ireland Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment · Quality and Qualifications Ireland / NARIC Ireland
Check this before paying
Use the official registration-body table for its employment-permit context, then open the named regulator’s current application guidance.
Open the primary source ↗Sources: Ireland Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment · Quality and Qualifications Ireland / NARIC Ireland
When this applies
For CORU overseas-qualified applicants, recognition and final registration are distinct decisions handled within the current application system.
Which document
The qualification assessment and registration evidence required by the responsible professional board.
Sources: CORU
Avoid the wrong purchase
An academic NARIC statement cannot replace a licence.
Sources: Ireland Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment · Quality and Qualifications Ireland / NARIC Ireland
What this does not do
The employment-permit table is not an exhaustive regulation inventory or a personal permit decision. The CORU examples here cover physiotherapy and social work.
Sources: Ireland Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment · Quality and Qualifications Ireland / NARIC Ireland · CORU · CORU
Your next official step
For these two professions, read CORU’s current international application instructions; other professions use their own regulator.
Continue to the official guidance ↗Sources: CORU
Professional standards and compensation measures
CORU assesses qualifications against profession-specific proficiency standards. Where substantial differences remain, a board can require an adaptation period or aptitude test. A proposed adaptation period needs board approval before it starts.
Sources: Standards of proficiency · Compensation measures
DiploWay authority map
Record the intended role exactly as the employer describes it. Match that role to the relevant board and keep any separate immigration evidence request on another line. The guides below show defined routes, not every Irish regulated occupation.
Related decisions for this process
Profession-specific processes
- PharmacyIreland — pharmacist qualifications obtained outside the EU/EEA
- MedicineRepublic of Ireland; doctors qualified outside the EU/EEA seeking General Registration (not Specialist Registration)
- PhysiotherapyRepublic of Ireland — overseas-qualified physiotherapist applicants to the Physiotherapists Registration Board; not Northern Ireland
- Social workRepublic of Ireland — overseas-qualified social worker applicants to the Social Workers Registration Board; not Northern Ireland
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Sources and scope
- Registration bodies for certain employments
Ireland Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment · checked 2026-10-13 (UTC date)
- Recognition of foreign qualifications
Quality and Qualifications Ireland / NARIC Ireland · checked 2026-10-13 (UTC date)
- Current application system and previous recognition cases
CORU · checked 2026-10-14 (UTC date)
- International qualifications FAQ
CORU · checked 2026-10-14 (UTC date)
- International qualifications: how to apply
CORU · checked 2026-10-14 (UTC date)
- Physiotherapists Registration Board responsibilities
CORU · checked 2026-10-14 (UTC date)
- Standards of proficiency
CORU · checked 2026-10-14 (UTC date)
- Compensation measures
CORU · checked 2026-10-14 (UTC date)