Seán Sherlock (Cork East, Labour)
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Question 124: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress that has been made to date in drafting the proposed National Vetting Bureau Bill; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20211/10]

Barry Andrews (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The Office of the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, in conjunction with the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform, is at an advanced stage of drafting the Heads for the National Vetting Bureau Bill with a view to submitting Heads of Bill to Government shortly. Consultations have taken place with the Health Service Executive, An Garda Síochána and colleagues in other Government Departments. My Department has also received a number of public representations on the issue of "soft" information.

This area has also been considered by the Joint Committee on the Constitutional Amendment for Children and the findings of the Committee are being considered in the preparation of the legislation.