Garda vetting of volunteers is something that every sporting club in the country and every charitable organisation has to undertake. Currently, a person coaching a local children's GAA team who also helps out with the local soccer club and maybe volunteers with the local Meals on Wheels and other charities has to go through the whole process for each one separately. Last year, the Garda National Vetting Bureau handled more than 585,000 vetting applications. That is equivalent to more than 11,000 a week, a considerable drain on the Garda force. A very large number of these are what you might call unnecessary duplicate applications. We have been told time after time by the Government that the Garda vetting review group, which was established in April 2021, is close to reporting on ways to reduce the need for the same person to get multiple clearances but we are still waiting. When will this report be finally published?

The issue the Deputy raised is a very valid one. That is why we set up a Garda vetting review group to focus on how we can make changes and introduce more efficiencies into this system, avoiding duplication and unnecessary effort. Those issues are still being considered by that group. I am told it is due to report relatively soon but I will get the Minister to come back to the Deputy with an actual date as to when she expects the report from that review group to come back so we can act as a Government.