Anger over child work staff vetting delay

GARDA background checks are still not being carried out on workers in schools, community groups or the childcare sector, almost a year after the Government announced an expanded vetting service.

A review of procedures was set up in late 2002, after the murders of 10-year-olds Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman in Soham, England.

After the conviction of Ian Huntley, it emerged the school caretaker had previously been accused of sexually and indecently assaulting schoolgirls.