40,000 teachers are yet to be vetted by gardai [Independent.ie]
- Published: 19 January 2010
MORE than 40,000 of the country's 60,000 teachers have still not been cleared by the Garda Vetting Unit, the Irish Independent can reveal.
But in a move designed to reassure parents and pupils, the Department of Education has drafted a circular to extend vetting to existing teachers who change jobs.
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