Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 17 February 2010
86 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he is satisfied with the level of Garda vetting in place for sports organisations here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7880/10]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe Irish Sports Council (ISC), which is funded by my Department, is the statutory body responsible for the promotion, development and coordination of sport which includes responsibility for dealing with the recognised sporting organisations and allocation of funding to same.
All recognised National Governing Bodies of Sport (NGBs) now have access to Garda vetting through the Irish Sports Council. National Governing Bodies are now implementing vetting across their organizations, on a phased basis, based on their own needs and priorities and their capacity to manage the process.
The Irish Sports Council provides support to National Governing Bodies (NGBs) to implement the recommendations and policies of the Code of Ethics and Good Practice for Children's Sport in Ireland. NGBs are required to comply with these requirements in order to access ISC funding but as Garda vetting is only recently available to NGBs this compliance has not yet been extended to vetting. However, the ISC would hope to make Garda vetting a requirement for NGBs in order to secure ISC funding, in next year's applications.
