Bernard Allen (Cork North Central, Fine Gael)
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Question 71: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the legislation to establish a register of persons considered unsafe to work with children will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13347/06]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The Departments of Health and Children and Education and Science are in discussion regarding the establishment of a pre-employment consultancy service, similar to that in operation in the UK. Work on the preparation of a general scheme of a Bill is dependent upon the outcome of these discussions, legal advice on the complex issues involved and the deliberations of the implementation group on vetting.