Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)

An important item of promised legislation is to provide a statutory basis for the vetting of applicants for employment and employees, including vetting to identify in particular information relating to the endangerment, sexual exploitation and sexual abuse or risk thereof to children and vulnerable adults. It was deemed to have been urgently required a year or two years ago. The previous Administration attempted to lend certain important-----

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