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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, February 10, 2025

QUESTION NO. 5

QUESTION: Councillor L. de Courcy

To ask the Chief Executive what Garda Vetting procedures are in place for all volunteers helping out at community events where children and/or vulnerable adults may be in attendance?

REPLY:

The Council risk assess all facilitators/volunteers that we directly engage for activities to establish if they meet the conditions detailed in Schedule 1 of the National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Acts 2012 to 2016, which specifies the criteria for relevant work or activities relating to children or vulnerable persons. In general, Garda Vetting is required where someone will be working with the same group of children and/ or vulnerable adults over a number of weeks and may build up a relationship with them. 

In addition, under the Children First Act, 2015 (as amended) each individual service area of the Council that has contact with children must undertake a risk assessment and prepare a child safeguarding statement of the risk and outline the procedures in place to manage and / or mitigate any risk identified.

A copy of South Dublin County Council's Child Safeguarding Policy and Statement are available at Child Safeguarding - SDCC