Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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Question 885: To ask the Minister for Health the procedure regarding persons employed in the health services of the categories that staff require Garda vetting including consultants, doctors, nurse assistants and other care workers; if different rules for Garda vetting applied on different grades of persons that are recruited from outside the country or locally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23084/11]

James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)
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Garda vetting is a pre-employment check carried out if any prospective employee, volunteer or student on placement will have unsupervised access to children or vulnerable adults. It provides for the disclosure by the Garda Central Vetting Unit (GCVU) to the prospective employer of details available to the Garda of prosecutions and convictions of the candidate. It is a matter for the employer to assess the implications of the information before a decision is taken on the candidate's suitability to take up duty.

In the case of the Health Service Executive, its recruitment policy provides that all new employees, at any grade, and not just those dealing with vulnerable clients, are subject to Garda Vetting. Candidates who have resided outside of Ireland, for a period of six months or more, must provide a Police Clearance Certificate from each country in which they have resided, dated after departure from that country, stating that no convictions have been recorded against them. This is in addition to the Garda Vetting process.