Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 89:

In page 11, after line 29, to insert the following:

“PART 4

Miscellaneous

Amendment of

27.The is amended by the insertion of the following section after section 127:

“Regulations relating to fees for provision of vetting services

127A.The Minister may—

(a) after consultation with the Garda Commissioner, and

(b) with the consent of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, make regulations prescribing fees in relation to the provision of vetting services in accordance with section 7(l).”.”.

The vetting Act already allows in section 32 for fees to be charged for vetting. However, not all Garda vetting is covered by the 2012 Act. For example, vetting of public sector appointees or vetting for road transport licences or private security licences is provided for in other pieces of legislation. This amendment is proposed in order to create a provision identical to section 32 of the vetting Act in the Garda Síochána Act. That way, if vetting fees are to be introduced it can be done under one piece of legislation, the Garda Síochána Act, and will not require piecemeal amendments to different pieces of legislation.

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