James Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I appreciate where the Deputy is coming from. I often hear from the local authority in the area where I live that somebody is being vetted, but it is not Garda vetting as such. Local authorities are using that as a generic term rather than the technical term under the legislation, when what they have done is contact the local superintendent for a particular request relating to a person who has applied for social housing. As I said, I will raise the matter with the Commissioner to see whether there is a way to streamline the process more for requests from local authorities to An Garda Síochána in respect of particular persons.

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