Garda Vetting

Garda Vetting is routinely used to perform a background check on a person, often for work or volunteering. The National Vetting Bureau have created a Sensitive Applications Process for transgender people who have a Gender Recognition Cert (GRC).

Garda Vetting
Usually, when a person completes Garda Vetting, they are obligated to disclose any prior legal names. These previous names can be disclosed to the person or organisation who has requested the vetting. This poses a problem for transgender people, potentially breaching their privacy by disclosing their birthname unnecessarily or without consent, or not completing the vetting correctly by not disclosing the previous name.

Sensitive Vetting Process
The Sensitive Vetting Process is available to transgender persons who have a GRC. Upon receiving the vetting form, which requests the previous names, addresses, and other details of the person being vetted, the individual can contact the National Vetting Bureau and ask for the Sensitive Applications team. Staff on this team will guide the person through the application process. You will need to provide documentation to show you have a GRC. The application form itself is completed as normal. Once this sensitive vetting process is complete, the person can from then on complete the vetting process as normal, without disclosing their previous legal name, and without their information being disclosed to the person/organisation seeking the vetting.

More information is available from the National Vetting Bureau.