Carol Nolan (Offaly, Sinn Fein)
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218. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will make arrangements for students starting a post-leaving certificate course to start in advance of Garda Síochána clearance coming through to ensure they are not delayed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14581/16]

Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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The Deputy will be aware that new statutory vetting requirements under the National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Acts 2012 to 2016 were commenced by the Minister for Justice and Equality from 29 April 2016. Under these requirements, an education provider must obtain a vetting disclosure from the National Vetting Bureau in respect of a student before it places or makes arrangements for the placement of that student in work experience or activities where a necessary part of the placement involves work or activities with children or vulnerable persons. Failure to comply with the vetting obligations under the Acts is a criminal offence. There is no provision in the Act whereby an exemption to this requirement can be made.