When you are offered or accept a place on one of the programmes that require Garda Vetting, or register with a department to undertake activities with children/vulnerable persons, the relevant department will forward a Vetting Invitation Form (NVB1) to you to complete, along with a set of guidelines on how to complete the form. You must sign this form to provide authorisation for the Garda Vetting process.
Maynooth University requires students to be vetted by the National Vetting Bureau before they fully complete their registration as a student of the University for the programmes of study listed below (this list is subject to review):
Garda Vetting is conducted by the National Vetting Bureau in respect of any person who is carrying out work or activity, a necessary and regular part of which consists mainly of the person having access to, or contact with, children or vulnerable persons, in order to establish whether there is any criminal record or specified information relating to the applicant.