Dáil debates

Tuesday, 22 May 2018

3:40 pm

Photo of Danny Healy-RaeDanny Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I too ask the Government to bring some common sense to our Garda vetting regime. Some might say I have a conflict of interest because I have an old bus and my drivers have to comply with Garda vetting guidelines. The escort on a bus might be vetted by the Garda to mind the children on the bus but he or she must be vetted again if he or she wants to drive the bus.

Transport services are very important for bringing disabled children to special schools and the elderly to day care centres. A driver can be Garda vetted by one contractor but if he wants to drive a bus for another contractor, he must be Garda vetted again. The same applies to day care centres. The girls and men vetted to work in a home in Kenmare must be vetted again to work in the home in Kilgarvan.

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