Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)
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281. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding Garda vetting. [22720/18]

Charles Flanagan (Laois, Fine Gael)
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As the Deputy will appreciate, the processing of vetting applications by the Garda National Vetting Bureau is an operational matter for the Garda Authorities and is carried out in accordance with the provisions of the National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Act 2012-2016 and other relevant law. My Department has no role in the processing of individual vetting applications.

The Deputy will wish to be aware that an individual vetting subject is entitled to receive a copy of their vetting disclosure from the organisation with whom they were vetted.  This is in accordance with section 16 National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Acts 2012 to 2016, which states that a relevant organisation shall, as soon as practicable, make available a copy of the vetting disclosure to the person concerned. 

I am advised by the Garda Authorities that on completion of the vetting process, the vetting applicant receives an email to advise that the vetting process is now complete and a disclosure has been made to the relevant organisation. In accordance with the Acts a disclosure shall be issued in respect of each person who is the subject of a vetting application, whether or not there is data to disclose.