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.
Maynooth University offers a number of undergraduate and postgraduate programmes that require students to undertake placements with external agencies which will bring them into contact with the public and in which they will assume positions of trust. To ensure the protection of the public, and justify public trust and confidence, the University is committed to ensuring that only suitable candidates are allowed to undertake these programmes.
Maynooth University uses the National Vetting Bureau eVetting service to assess the suitability of such applicants.