Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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Question 117: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to set up a national vetting bureau; if progress has been made since July 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26082/11]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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Since 2002, the Central Vetting Unit of the Garda Síochána has provided a vetting service for public service employees and other bodies where employees or voluntary workers are working with children or vulnerable adults. On 27 July, I published the Scheme of a National Vetting Bureau Bill which will provide a statutory basis for the existing system of vetting provided by the Central Vetting Unit. In addition, and in line with the recommendation of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Constitutional Amendment on Children, the Bill will also provide for the disclosure of "soft information" for the purpose of the protection of children and vulnerable adults. The drafting of the Bill is ongoing with publication expected during the current Dáil session.