Dáil debates
Wednesday, 27 January 2016
Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Report Stage
4:15 pm
Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
I move amendment No. 80:
In page 11, after line 29, to insert the following:“ Amendment of section 9 of Act of 201218. Section 9 of the Act of 2012 is amended —(a) in subsection (3), by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (k):“(k) subject to subsection (9), in a case where he or she has a criminal record, particulars of such record;”,(b) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (8):
and“(9) A person shall not be obliged to provide details of any convictions to which section 14A applies.”.”.
The purpose of the amendment is to provide that a prospective employee for a position of employment covered by the Act is not required to inform a prospective employer of an old minor conviction which would be excluded from disclosure under section 14A. It is a protection for employees. In addition, the vetting bureau will not disclose such offences in vetting disclosures.
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