Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 23 October 2012
514. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will examine the case of a person (details supplied) who has had difficulties attaining employment because the Garda vetting process continues to release alleged offences and for which they were not convicted, to potential employers. [46400/12]
View answerThe Garda Central Vetting Unit (GCVU) provides employment vetting for a large number of organisations in Ireland which are registered with the Gardaí for this purpose and which employ persons in a full-time, part-time, voluntary or training capacity to work with children and/or vulnerable adults. The primary purpose of the process is the protection of children and vulnerable adults.
Garda Vetting Disclosures are made to registered organisations following the signed authorisation of a vetting subject permitting the GCVU to disclose to the registered organisation “details of all prosecutions, successful or not, pending or completed, and/or convictions which may be recorded in respect of them in the State or elsewhere”; or alternatively that there are “no prosecutions or convictions recorded in respect of them”. The function of the GCVU is to make disclosure, in accordance with a written authorisation from the vetting subject to the registered organisation. Decisions on the suitability of the person concerned rest at all times with the recruiting organisation to which a vetting disclosure is made.
