Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 86:

In page 11, after line 29, to insert the following:“Amendment of section 20 of Act of 2012

24.Section 20 of the Act of 2012 is amended⁠—

(a) in subsection (1)—

(i) by the substitution of “under this Act in respect of a person or, vetting information issued in respect of a person by the Garda Central Vetting Unit before the commencement of section 12,” for “under this Act in respect of a person,”, and

(ii) by the substitution of “application for vetting” for “further application for vetting”,

and

(b) in subsection (3), by the substitution of “without reasonable excuse fails to comply with” for “contravenes”.”.

The purpose of the amendments is to clarify the procedures in regard to re-vetting and retrospective vetting.

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