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can they charge for Garda Vetting

  • 17-10-2014 04:23PM
    #1
    qwertyabcd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 68 ✭✭


    I am signing up with an agency to get hospital experience, and they want €15 to process the Garda Vetting form.


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  • #2
    davo10
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,926 ✭✭✭davo10


    qwertyabcd wrote: »
    I am signing up with an agency to get hospital experience, and they want €15 to process the Garda Vetting form.

    Of course they can, if you don't want to pay it, they won't employ you.


  • #3
    qwertyabcd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 68 ✭✭qwertyabcd


    I only asked because I have never had to pay for it before and its been a requirement for every job I have had.


  • #4
    mvrce
    Closed Accounts Posts: 31 ✭mvrce


    As it stands there is no charger for garda vetting only the postage stamp this employer is being opportunistic and has no basis for charging this
    davo10 wrote: »
    Of course they can, if you don't want to pay it, they won't employ you.


  • #5
    davo10
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,926 ✭✭✭davo10


    mvrce wrote: »
    As it stands there is no charger for garda vetting only the postage stamp this employer is being opportunistic and has no basis for charging this

    The question was, "can they charge for it?", not, "what is the basis for the charge?" It's an administrative fee, if the applicant doesn't want to pay it, they don't have to. The hospital isn't charging it, the agency, which is a private business, is. The "basis for charging this" is good old fashioned, profit.


  • #6
    Batgurl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,208 ✭✭✭Batgurl


    Negotiate it. Tell them you are happy to pay it but they can take it out of your first pay check. Should incentivise them to get you paid work ASAP


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  • #7
    Mr. Loverman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,001 ✭✭✭Mr. Loverman


    Personally I wouldn't make a fuss over EUR 15.


  • #8
    davo10
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,926 ✭✭✭davo10


    Mr. Loverman wrote: »
    Personally I wouldn't make a fuss over EUR 15.

    Agreed, you want these guys to get you a job, not put your cv to the bottom of the pile.


  • #9
    Gongoozler
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,263 ✭✭✭Gongoozler


    Why not do it yourself? No charge at all.


  • #10
    Mrs OBumble
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,452 ✭✭✭✭Mrs OBumble


    Gongoozler wrote: »
    Why not do it yourself? No charge at all.

    Because you can't. Only an organisation which is signed up with the guards can apply for vetting for someone.


  • #11
    pow wow
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,288 ✭✭✭pow wow


    mvrce wrote: »
    As it stands there is no charger for garda vetting only the postage stamp this employer is being opportunistic and has no basis for charging this

    They may well be using a third party signatory who charges them. There is a cost associated with processing GV forms (time, training, postage etc) whether you like to think so or not. €15 would be the higher end of charges I've seen though.


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