The following is a brief guide to the different routes of registration. The actual requirements are set out in the Regulations of the PSI. There are several routes to registration with the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland. Registration allows a pharmacist to practise in Ireland.


Updating/Correcting Information Held on Registers

While the PSI takes every care to ensure the accuracy of these registers, Section 22(4) of the Pharmacy Act 2007 provides that: “A person to whom an entry in a register relates shall notify the Council in writing of – (a) any error that the person knows of in that entry, or (b) any change of circumstances that is likely to have a bearing on the accuracy of the entry, as soon as may be after the person becomes aware of that error or change in circumstances.”

Therefore any registrant who finds an error in their details as published on the online public register or on their certificate should inform the PSI of that error.

In the near future, an online system will be available for all registrants that will allow for online updating of personal details, such as addresses (the PSI (Registration) Rules 2008 require a practice address for publication in the public register and a residential address which is not made publicly available) and contact details, including email addresses and telephone numbers. Registrants will be informed of the new system in due course.


National

This includes pharmacists holding a qualification from a school of pharmacy in Ireland: Trinity College Dublin, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland or University College Cork.

EU

Pharmacists are entitled under European Union (EU) free movement directives to register in Ireland if:

• They hold a qualification from an EU or European Economic Area (EEA) member state, and
• They are nationals of a member state of the EU or EEA

Click here to download the Timetable of Registration Periods for 2009.

Click here to download the Timetable of Registration Periods for 2010.

Notice: Information for applicants for registration under the EU route of registration.

Procedure for the issue of Registration Certificates (where the original has been lost, destroyed or stolen)