Decent news, but still a waste of resources.

Let me explain.

I know plenty of people who are involved in multiple organisations (some paid, some voluntary) where they must be Garda vetted separately for each one, i.e. submit the exact same vetting form with the exact same details for each organisation they are involved in. Unlike the English system (where you’re vetted once every 2-3 years and that’s it), our system requires duplication of work for all organisations. Seems like an awful waste of people’s time and money (both ours and the government) if you ask me.

Spot on Pat, I had to be vetted 5 times last year all different clubs under one sport crazy waste of Time and effort. One username and create a profile as in Northern Ireland and England.

I was shocked i got mine in less than 2 weeks for work with the civil defence for the eu presidency was very impressed

I had to wait ten months to start my job because of them and had been vetted twice the previous year. Ridiculous system.

I work in childcare. My vetting does not transfer from service to service. Therefore, I have just got vetted for work & I work in the morning but to work for you in the afternoon I have to get processed again if a different service. If I want to do relief work I have to be vetted for every individual service. While I value the importance of keeping children safe, I do think this is Ridiculous.

2 weeks for a taxi licence for me years ago,then again all my murders were commited overseas

I was waiting 3 months for clearance to get into the reserves. Finally a bit of lateral thinking from shatters posse.

Took mine almost 9 months a couple of years ago. The current office is a joke.

Up for renewal soon as well so this is welcome news.

8 – 10 weeks!?? Try 5 months minimum. And that’s for a college course where 10 weeks of work experience is needed. Some girls still waiting for theirs and we finish up in 10 weeks. It’s disgraceful.

The system is crap. I live in victoria and the victorian police had a police certificate sent to my employer within five working days. How is it that they can do it in five days and the it takes the gardai anything up to four months. Anybody in Victoria can apply for a police certificate which is valid for two years and can expect to receive it within two weeks.

In Ireland you can write to your local superintendent to get a police cert for emmigration purposes but again this is backwardbecausethe letter comes without a reference number so can be easily forged by anyone…

Why not charge €20 and issue a certificate valid for two years. That way perspective employees/volunteers etc can show employers/organisations. They will have to get it done every two years. If the employers have to do it due to policy and procedures they can. Would reduce staff costs and bring in money at the same time

8-10 weeks waiting time hahahahaaa, I’ve just got it done and it took 13 weeks. What a joke!!

Onto my 14th week of waiting….

More Civil servants, that usually fixes a problem.

You could use the official crest in these articles.
http://garda.ie/Images/User/Crestnew.jpg

That’s great news. I used to have to wait months for adults to be cleared before coming into contact with vulnerable children I worked with.