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Garda Vetting-Soft Information

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  • 26-02-2021 4:15pm
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    Gatesaab
    Registered Users Posts: 17 ✭


    Hi, I have a question regarding soft information with Garda vetting. I am considering a career in the aviation industry (pilot). I have no convictions but there was an allegation of assault made against me a number of years ago. Nothing ever came of it but would this information be automatically be supplied to prospective airlines or would they have to specifically ask for it?

    I'm just lost with the whole soft information thing and the main thing I want to know is will this allegation of assault prevent me from getting garda vetted and in turn getting a job as a pilot?

    It's a lot of money to spend on training if I can't even get vetted for the job.

    Thanks for any advice or help.
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    Samuel T. Cogley
    Registered Users Posts: 10,684 ✭✭✭✭Samuel T. Cogley


    I doubt something like this would be disclosed. If you're down as a suspected offender on PULSE it might delay things while the vetting bureau write to the Guard who will inevitably have been transferred so it'll get sent to roughly where they think he is now and he'll of course reply in the 14 day time frame... :rolleyes:

    Soft information is more to do with people looking to take a job with access to children, who probably shouldn't.


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    discodiva92
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 353 ✭✭discodiva92


    Hopefully any serious information like that is kept it is a background check isn't it?


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    Samuel T. Cogley
    Registered Users Posts: 10,684 ✭✭✭✭Samuel T. Cogley


    discodiva92 wrote: »
    Hopefully any serious information like that is kept it is a background check isn't it?

    If the OP has never been convicted, or a proceedings outstanding the guards have no business (outside of very limited circumstances) disclosing, potentially, unfounded allegations.

    Forgot to mention above that anything they're going to disclose will be run by you first OP and you will have an opportunity to appeal it.


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    hullaballoo
    Administrators, Entertainment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 18,712 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭hullaballoo


    discodiva92 wrote: »
    Hopefully any serious information like that is kept it is a background check isn't it?

    Suggest you leave off on commenting like this in the future.

    It's Garda vetting, it has a specific legislative basis and transparent and well-publicised objective - prevention of harm to children and vulnerable people.

    This is not a crackpot jurisdiction where people are punished by the State without proof of wrongdoing as a matter of course. It happens but it's not supposed to.

    Anyway the information is "kept". It's just not revealed to the world at large by way of a background check.


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    Red Hare
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    Are pilots actually garda vetted?


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    GM228
    Registered Users Posts: 8,925 ✭✭✭GM228


    Red Hare wrote: »
    Are pilots actually garda vetted?

    Yes they are, as they receive "airport access permits" all Irish based pilots (or indeed all staff working in an airport or for an airline) must be vetted by the Gardaí, same applies to all European countries, it is a legal requirement under EU Regulation.


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    Gatesaab
    Registered Users Posts: 17 ✭Gatesaab


    Samuel T. Cogley wrote: »
    If the OP has never been convicted, or a proceedings outstanding the guards have no business (outside of very limited circumstances) disclosing, potentially, unfounded allegations.

    Forgot to mention above that anything they're going to disclose will be run by you first OP and you will have an opportunity to appeal it.

    Really appreciate the advice on this. I've been worrying about this for months now.

    Thank you.


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