Jim O'Keeffe (Cork South West, Fine Gael)
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Question 460: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of staff at the Garda Vetting Unit in Thurles; if it is intended to increase this number; and if so, when same will occur. [28219/07]

Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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The current staffing level of the Garda Central Vetting Unit, based in Thurles, Co. Tipperary, is 48, comprising 5 members of the Garda Síochána and 43 civil servants. I am pleased to state that an additional 26 civil servants will be appointed to the GCVU in the coming weeks, which is further to an additional 12 civil servants who commenced work in the GCVU in September 2007. This substantial increase in staff numbers is to facilitate the continuing significant expansion in the employee vetting service provided by the GCVU, as a means of promoting, inter alia, the protection of children and vulnerable adults.