Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 15 February 2005
450 Mr. Carey asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the procedure for providing Garda clearance for staff who work in day nurseries which are linked with health boards; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that managers of these nurseries have been told that they will have to process requests for clearance through health boards and cannot do so directly with the Garda authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5041/05]
View answerThe Garda central vetting unit carries out criminal record vetting in respect of prospective full-time employees working primarily in the health care area and in certain designated agencies funded by the Health Service Executive, previously health boards.
It is established practice that agencies in receipt of such funding forward their applications to the unit via the Health Service Executive. This procedure allows for verification of the applicant's status and ensures that the application form is co-signed by an authorised signatory and that quality control of the application form is maintained.
