Vetting of child workers ‘is overdue’

PARENTS have called on the Government to set up a long-awaited clearance system for people working with children.

It has been almost a year since talks began between Department of Education officials, teachers, school managers, gardaí and other groups to decide on guidelines.

They were expected to draw up regulations by the end of last year, but the matter was instead handed over to the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform.