Documentation required to bring Grandchildren (from the UK) on Holiday

Poulgorm

We have grandchildren in the UK. Aged 6 & 8 years. We would love (and so would they) to travel to the UK and bring them (without their parents) to our home in Ireland for a week or two, when they get their school holidays in August. Their parents would love the break too!

What documentation is required to get through security that would prove that we have their parents' consent to bring them here?

And, obviously for the return trip as well.

Is garda vetting required? Anything else else?

Thanks, in advance.

fdevine

Just a letter of consent signed by both parents is all that's required, although not necessarily looked for, in my experience.

We brought a fiend's child on holiday with us previously and nothing was checked going or coming back.

10-10-20

When we did it with our son going to Spain, we issued his Grandparents with:

Letter of consent detailing who, what, where, when, with contact numbers for all parties & copies of our passports.

It wasn't checked at either end (I think the Spanish border police sighted the letter, but didn't read it), but is still a recommendation.

Caranica

They will need passports for at least the return flight as they're not your children. I wanted to take my nephew to Cadbury World but he'd need a passport, if he was traveling with a parent he wouldn't.

Poulgorm

Thanks everybody for the replies. It appears that bring the grand children for a holiday in Ireland is less complicated than I thought it would be.