Indi :: Benefits of membership

Strength in numbers – we aim to represent all dietitian’s voices in our campaigns and to speak on behalf of our profession. The more involved we all become the more work we can achieve.
Increased membership means we can do more with our income, improve our services and help keep subscription levels low for all.
All our membership forms as are available online in the Join the Dietitian Section. For those who qualified, as a dietitian, outside of the Republic of Ireland, please see the validation information page
The table below outlines benefits of INDI membership:

	Full Membership / Honorary	Overseas	Non-Practising / Retired	Transition	Student
Bi-monthly copies of INDI Matters including inserts and locum / job opportunities	•	•	•	•	•
Free advertising of locum posts (employer) and availability to work as a locum (employee)	•			•
Advice on professional/ethical issues	•			•
Access to members’ only section of the web site, job opportunities, discussion forums, professional guidelines and other publications	•	•	•	•	•
Professional Advice and Support from the INDI Office / Council representatives	•	•	•	•	•
Free attendance at company sponsored symposiums	•	•	•	•	•
Reduced price access to CPD opportunities, events and activities	•	•	•	•	•
Right to join Specialist Interest Groups and access to local and specialist professional guidance and support	•	•	•	•	•
Voting rights at Annual General Meeting and all INDI votes	•	•	•
Right to advertise in the ‘Find a dietitian’ section of the INDI website and if wanted have your details supplied to Health Insurance Companies.	•			•
Reimbursement of outpatient fees for your private patients by Health Insurance Companies	•			•
Professional Indemnity Insurance of up to €2.5million	•			•

The renewal date for alll categories of Membership is the 31st October each year.
Please note if you are someone who is applying to join the INDI as a new member part way through the year you should contact the INDI Office for advice. There is no half-yearly fee ctegory. The membership subscriptions for 2009/10 were agreed at the Council meeting on 14^th January 2009, no increase was made from the 2008-2009 fees.
The table below lists the amounts due for all categories of membership depending on how you have chosen to pay.

Discounts for Members

Discounts for members are currently being negociated and will be posted shortly.