Alan Kelly (Tipperary North, Labour)
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228. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if all persons that are recruited to work in his Department and all the related agencies of his Department are fully vetted before they are employed by his Department and or said agencies. [11079/25]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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All new entrant civil servants are subject to Garda vetting processes prior to being offered a post in the Department of Defence. Civil servants transferring to my Department from another Government Department will have been subject to the vetting process for all entrants to the civil service. Certain post holders are the subject of further clearance processes.