Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the financial hardship being caused by the need for community employment participants and especially for participants who are rolling over their scheme place by the need to get police clearance from outside the jurisdiction if necessary for example the UK Police clearance can cost up to €60; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5151/13]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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The cost of procuring police clearance varies from state to state and is a matter for the jurisdiction concerned. International police certificates are necessary documentation for both CE participants and private sector pre – school childcare employees as HSE regulations apply to all childcare facilities. Community Employment Sponsoring Bodies may subsidise the cost of international vetting on a case by case basis from their Materials Grant budget.

Participants that rollover on the same project do not need to be re-vetted within a three year period. These participants will already have their clearance documentation so no further cost is incurred.