CLERICAL USERS E VETTING BRIEFING CROKE PARK 7

CLERICAL USERS E VETTING BRIEFING CROKE PARK 7 MAY 2016

National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Acts 2012 to 2016 GAA immediate vetting priorities § Vetting Act commenced 29 April 2016 § GAA chosen to commence with E Vetting § Clerical Users appointed for each County Priorities for introducing E Vetting § 1 Retrospective vetting timeline § 2 New applicants § 3 Féile applications § 4 Re-vetting 2017

National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Acts 2012 to 2016 Ø ‘A relevant organisation (GAA) shall not permit any person to undertake relevant work* or activities on their behalf unless the organisation receives a vetting disclosure from the National Vetting Bureau in respect of that person……. . ’ Ø * Relevant Work is. . any work or activity which is carried out by a person, a necessary and regular part of which consists mainly of the person having access to, or contact with, children or vulnerable adults…work or activity …. provision of educational, training, cultural, recreational, leisure, social or physical activities Ø The identity of the Applicant to be validated by the Relevant Organisation – (by club children’s Officer)

Legislation Statutory vetting will, in addition to a check for criminal records, include a check for any relevant "soft information”. "Soft information" referred to as "specified information" in the Vetting Act, is information other than criminal convictions held by An Garda Síochána that leads to a bona-fide belief that a person poses a threat to children or vulnerable persons If a person has been vetted by the GAA, LGFA or Camogie prior to 29 April 2016 it will not be necessary for them to be re-vetted under the new Act, until such time as the GAA orders their re-vetting After the commencement of Act any person subsequently vetted by the GAA shall be re-vetted within a five year period.

GAA E Vetting Any person who was working with children in the GAA prior to the commencement of the Act and was not previously vetted for that role may continue in that capacity but must apply as a matter of priority to be vetted by the GAA under what is termed retrospective vetting. This term and these conditions are allowed for in the Act GAA vetting services are available to any person over 16 yrs. of age fulfilling a role of responsibility with children or vulnerable adults. Consent from a Parental/Guardian shall be required for applicants between 16 and 18 yrs. of age