The Future of optical regulation in Ireland

The next three weeks will see important elections to the Optical Registration Board in Ireland. Optician talks to board chair Peter McGrath about his vision for the future

Optician: How did you become interested in optical regulation?

Peter McGrath: I studied at the University of Manchester and qualified as an optometrist over 30 years ago, I then worked in various practices throughout the UK before heading to Australia and taking on an optometrist role in a busy suburban practice in Melbourne. I returned to Ireland in the early 1990s to get involved in the first Specsavers store in Ireland. I’m now a store partner in four busy optical and hearing practices in Dublin.