Calls for vetting of all informal childminders
Childminding Ireland, an organisation for workers in the industry, warned that the current situation means that anyone, even convicted murderers, can establish themselves as a childminder and are not subject to any checks from the gardaí or the Health Service Executive (HSE).
Spokeswoman Mary McGrath said: "You can mind children in your home and you don't have to tell the authorities you won't ever see them and you are not breaking the law."
