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Child Care Providers

At the request of the Office of the Minister for Children, Barnardos is assisting in the processing of Garda Vetting applications for a number of child care providers who are not directly registered with the Central Vetting Unit, and who are not members of the National Children's Nurseries Association or the Irish Pre-school Playgroups Association. Providers who are members of these organisations should contact them directly to process vetting applications.

The service can be contacted by filling out the form at the end of the page (marked Pre-school) and sending it using any of the contact information below.
On receipt of your details we will be in touch and send you an Information Guidance Pack or invite you to training as soon as possible (whichever option you prefer).

We will welcome applications from eligible providers for vetting of staff, students and volunteers as required under Child Care (Pre-school Services) (No2) Regulations 2006 and Child Care (Pre-school Services) (No2) (Amendment) Regulations 2006.

Chernobyl Host Associations

Ireland has entered into a Bilateral Agreement with the Republic of Belarus on the conditions for the recuperation of minor citizens from the Republic of Belarus in Ireland.

A key term of this agreement is that the Irish Government shall strive to guarantee that all adult members of host families and host associations are vetted by An Garda Siochana before the children arrive.

A Protocol has been agreed with the Office of the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs (OMCYA), the Health Service Executive (HSE) and Barnardos in consultation with the Garda Central Vetting Unit (GCVU) regarding the measures to be taken in the vetting process.

From 2010 all host families must be affiliated to a Host Association and all Host Associations should access vetting through the Barnardos' Vetting Service.
The service can be contacted by filling out the form at the end of the page (marked Host Association) and sending it using any of the contact information below.

On receipt of your details we will be in touch and send you an Information Guidance Pack.

We will welcome applications from eligible Host Associations for vetting of staff, volunteers and host family members as required under the Bilateral Agreement.

Useful documents

Pre-school enquiry form (English PDF file)

Pre-school enquiry form (Gaeilge PDF file)  

Host Association form  (PDF file)

Contacting us

The service can be contacted by completing the enquiry form and returning it to our Cork office.

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