People working with children ‘must be vetted’

MANDATORY garda vetting must be introduced for all employees and volunteers who have substantial unsupervised access to children, the National Youth Council of Ireland (NYCI) has urged.

In particular, the NYCI said it wants to see an all-island approach taken to vetting because people intending to harm children and young people did not heed borders.

NYCI director Mary Cunningham, who will address a major seminar in Dublin today on child protection, has called for an all-island register of people deemed unsuitable to work with children.