Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 17 October 2012

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality

National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Bill 2012: Committee Stage

2:10 pm

Photo of Alan ShatterAlan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I draw the Deputy's attention to Schedule 1, Part 1, paragraph 5, which states:


Any work or activity which consists of the provision of educational, training, cultural, recreational, leisure, social or physical activities (whether or not for commercial or any other consideration) to children unless the provision of educational, training, cultural, recreational, leisure, social or physical activities is merely incidental to the provision of educational, training, cultural, recreational, leisure, social or physical activities to persons who are not children.
This is relevant to work or activities relating to children. In a nutshell, where an adult, as part of a team, is playing soccer, Gaelic or any other sport with children under 18 years of age, that of itself does not require that he or she be vetted because he or she is playing as part of a team and not acting in a coaching capacity. Using the phraseology above, if on the field the person aged over 18 years is the captain of the team and telling a 17 year old to do something, that is incidental to the activity.

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