Olwyn Enright (Laois-Offaly, Fine Gael)
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Question 398: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the resources available to the central vetting unit; the number of applications for vetting being processed by the unit each week; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18377/05]

Michael McDowell (Dublin South East, Progressive Democrats)
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I am informed by the Garda authorities that the Garda central vetting unit, GCVU, comprises one Garda inspector, two Garda sergeants, one staff officer, eight clerical officers and three temporarily assigned clerical officers. I am further informed that the GCVU processes an average of 5,250 individual vetting applications per week.

As part of the Government's decentralisation programme, the GCVU will be decentralised to Thurles, County Tipperary later this year, from where it will commence an expansion of its vetting services to all appropriate sectors and groups. This will involve the allocation of substantial additional resources to the unit.