Paul Gogarty (Dublin Mid West, Independent)

I want to ask a question that others have raised on the issue of Garda vetting. As we know, a teacher doing a summer project, such as mentoring in a GAA club, needs separate vetting. This is quite farcical and the process could be streamlined to be a lot quicker, but every time we raised it were told the Garda vetting review group was the group that was going to report on this. The former Minister for Justice, Deputy McEntee, said in April 2021 that it would take approximately six months. In March, the current Minister for justice said the report was due soon. Has the Taoiseach any information on when the Garda vetting review group will report and whether we will be able to discuss and debate this in September? It is a pressing issue for many.

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