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

Anyone in the State seeking to work with children or vulnerable adults in the circumstances detailed in the Bill must be vetted. The committee will discuss the Deputy's amendment later which includes the word "nationality". I am advised that it is not necessary to include it, but I will give the matter further thought before Report Stage, although it is not something the vetting bureau states it requires and the question does not need to be answered on the application form. I do not see the provision of additional information creating a major difficulty. On the basis that applicants must truthfully provide information, one assumes that if they were asked for their nationality, they would answer truthfully. I will, therefore, give more thought to the issue. We shall deal with a related amendment later and I will say something more on the issue then. Perhaps the Deputy might allow me and my Department to examine it further between now and Report Stage.