Written answers

Thursday, 11 June 2009

Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment

Vetting of Personnel

7:00 pm

Photo of Frank FeighanFrank Feighan (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Fine Gael)
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Question 3: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason for the delay with FÁS before submitting applications for vetting clearance to the appropriate Garda section in respect of workers in the health care sector; and if her attention has been drawn to the fact that those applicants are left for months without a job waiting for vetting procedures to be completed while in many cases they have not been submitted for weeks. [23462/09]

Photo of Mary CoughlanMary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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Recruitment for all Community Employment posts that allow applicants substantive unsupervised access to children and/or vulnerable adults requires Garda vetting. Fully completed and documented Garda vetting application forms are sent by FÁS to the Garda Central Vetting Unit within 10 working days. Delays may occur in cases where the vetting application forms are not correctly completed or the required documentation is omitted. In the case of correctly completed documentation and satisfactory vetting checks the whole process generally takes around 8 weeks. Relevant project sponsors are advised by FÁS of this time line and advised to apply well in advance where vetting is required.

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