Damien English (Meath West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

This is largely a technical amendment to transfer the provisions in subsections (1) to (6), inclusive, from Schedule 3 to the 2001 Act, as amended by the Bill, into a new section 43A. The new section 43A separately sets outs the relevant provisions of the Bill relating to the use and assessment of vetting disclosure by a panel undertaking an inquiry under section 43.

In addition to the provisions which were previously in Schedule 3, additional provisions in subsections (7) and (8) of the new section make it clear that a panel may also consider information in a vetting disclosure where the council has made a complaint, under the relevant provisions of section 42, in respect of that information and that the panel can consider information in that disclosure only in so far as it grounds that complaint and relates to the conduct which is the subject of the complaint. It also allows the panel to consider any submission the teacher may have made on that vetting disclosure.

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