Committee Stage Stage in the legislative process — click for what it means Current The bill’s status — click for what it means 34th Dáil The House currently handling the bill 95/2022 Official bill number / year
National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) (Amendment) Bill 2022
- Sponsor
- Réada Cronin · Sinn Féin
- Introduced
- 12 Oct 2022
- Last updated
- 2 May 2025
What this bill does AI · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001
- Creates a Register of General Consents allowing individuals to give one-time consent to vetting disclosure, valid for 3 years, eliminating repeated vetting applications across multiple organisations.
- Streamlines vetting process: organisations can access registered individuals' information without requiring fresh consent or information each time, reducing administrative burden on volunteers and employees.
- Bureau must review register regularly, remove individuals who develop criminal records or specified information, and people must notify Bureau of relevant changes in circumstances.
Stage timeline What do these stages mean?
- First Stage 33rd Dáil12 Oct 2022
- Second Stage 33rd Dáil12 Oct 2022
- Committee Stage 34th Dáil1 May 2025
Debates
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