In this week’s essay – the third in our recent series on the Children First Act 2015 – we’re doing a bit of a deep-dive into what I call the road-signs of the Act.That is, the ‘definitions’. These are the 17 words or phrases that are key to getting to …Read More
Legislation
The 3 Triggers to the Children First Act 2015
In this week’s essay – the second in our recent series on the Children First Act 2015 – we’re going to look at the 3 triggers that made the Children First Act go live; what went ‘live’; and when.The legislation was introduced – like the emergence of the moon – …Read More
Spent Convictions – Off the Record
WORKING WITH CONVICTIONConsider this: the Irish Spent Convictions legislation (properly known as the Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions and Certain Disclosures) Act 2016 that came into force in 2016, followed hot on the heels of the UK legislation, passed… some 42 years ago (the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974).So we certainly …Read More
A roadmap to the Children First Act 2015
A Roadmap to the Children First Act 2015KEY DATES IN IRISH HISTORYIt’s an interesting exercise compiling a list of key dates in Irish history. Here’s a few dates of note: In c.140AD, the Greek astronomer and cartographer Ptolemy wrote his Geographia makes reference to the earliest known written reference …Read More
Vetting and the Self-Employed
Matthew Holmes is a practising barrister and has written for the Irish Times, the Bar Review, and the Law Society Gazette, amongst other publications. He is the author of the Nutshells on Administrative Law, the Nutshells on EU law, and the forthcoming Nutshells on …Read More
What are ‘excluded offences’ under the vetting legislation?
Caesar and Brutus. Romeo and Juliet. Sometimes two things are just inextricably linked to each other. And that’s the same in what we’re looking at today: “Section 14A” & “Schedule 3” – excluded offences under the vetting legislation.Section 14A & Schedule 3 depend on each other in …Read More
Reporting For Duty: Scheduled Organisations & Specified Information
There are a number of professional or regulatory organisations who must have their wits about them, due to increased reporting requirements under the vetting legislation.This week we look at Schedule 2 of the National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Acts 2012 – 2016. The title of …Read More
The work or activity that will trigger vetting
We’re continuing our dive into the National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Acts 2012 – 2016. There are three Schedules to the vetting legislation. In today’s essay, we look at Schedule 1.The Schedules exist for one main purpose. People and organisations carry out a wide …Read More
It shouldn’t happen to a vetting officer
A version of this essay by Matthew Holmes first appeared in the Law Society Gazette and is republished with the kind permission of the editor of the Law Society Gazette. Matthew Holmes is a practising barrister, lecturer at the Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT) …Read More
Transitional Vetting & Future Fees
This week we’re continuing our dive into the Irish National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Acts 2012 – 2016, having a look at section 31 and 32 that, collectively, deal with legacy vetting applications, and the fact that vetting may become a paid-for service in …Read More
