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Can reports prevent you from getting a job legally?

  • 20-11-2019 6:12pm
    #1
    mr_fegelien
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,483 ✭✭✭


    If lets say a psychiatrist reports you for fear of acting on homicidal thoughts and the Gardai superintedent writes back to him as that being recorded, does that ever get released in vetting for a job?

    I don't have a criminal record but a caution and a report by doctors.


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  • #2
    seamus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 68,317 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    Short answer is yes, but only for certain jobs.

    Long answer:

    There is a Garda vetting procedure that is mandatory for anyone who is getting a job (paid or voluntary) which will give them direct access to vulnerable people - children, elderly, disabled, sick people, etc.

    The vetting procedure is pretty manual and basically involves a Garda going through whatever they kind find on you and returning an opinion on your fitness for a position. So a report like you describe (if such a thing exists), could indeed be brought up in the vetting procedure. In the event that an issue arises, you will be contacted by a Garda Superintendent to discuss the issue, be able to give your side of the story, or request that the application be withdrawn before it goes to the employer.

    If you do not intend to work in any of these specific industries, then the report will not come up. There is no facility to carry out a general criminal or Garda background check in Ireland. Anyone who wrote to the Gardai looking for background info on someone else would be ignored at best, or potentially given a stern warning.

    Employers who carry out "background checks" in Ireland, basically look you up on social media and ring your references. There's not really anything else they can do.


  • #3
    KWAG2019
    Closed Accounts Posts: 834 ✭✭✭KWAG2019


    The decision on whether or not to employ a person ie reach a judgment on their suitability rests with the employer even if a vetting report indicates convictions or other information. I was not aware that a Super would interview an applicant prior to a vetting report being released or give an opinion on an applicant.

    While background checks might have no way to access medical information a pre employment medical questionnaire or psychometric testing as part of a recruitment process could raise issues.


  • #4
    seamus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 68,317 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    I was wrong, it's not a Super who gets in touch, it's the Vetting Bureau chief.

    More information on this: https://vetting.garda.ie/VettingProcedure/SpecifiedInformation


  • #5
    KWAG2019
    Closed Accounts Posts: 834 ✭✭✭KWAG2019


    seamus wrote: »
    I was wrong, it's not a Super who gets in touch, it's the Vetting Bureau chief.

    More information on this: https://vetting.garda.ie/VettingProcedure/SpecifiedInformation

    I’d be willing to bet that given the fear of litigation and damages nowadays that specified information is passed on as a matter of form. It passes the responsibility for decision to the employer and it passes liability too.


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