Cross-border vetting urged
James Tweed
Wednesday, January 10, 2001
Children's charities on both sides of the Irish border have called for the vetting of all childcarers in Ireland and for tougher legislation to protect children from abuse. Last week the Northern Ireland branch of the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) and the Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (ISPCC) said they wanted to see all people who work with children be vetted because of the need to tackle child abuse on an all-Ireland basis and give all children equal protection under the law. At present childcarers are vetted only in Northern Ireland and there is no equivalent system in the south.
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