Mary Seery Kearney (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

If I could add to that, I am a DPO for an organisation that is a conduit in Garda vetting. It is the last vestige of my life before the Seanad. I do a monthly briefing with companies and their liaison people who are affiliates for Garda vetting. One of the things I would say with my employment lawyer hat on is that before a company ever decides it is going to go Garda vetting or is going into an area that needs it, it must have a policy that asks why. Companies need to look at the criminal justice list and think why they would exclude someone from that job for that reason. There are obvious ones, like sexual crimes, where that would be a bar but there are a load of others where it is nonsense. There is a formula that any organisation can apply. When there is a vision for people living the life they would dream of for themselves, regardless of what has happened in their life, there is a formula that can be put in place that is very sensible and protective of organisations. I am fully behind Senator Ruane on that.