An Oireachtas committee has heard that some staff at a direct provision centre in Cahersiveen, Co Kerry had not been vetted by An Garda Síochána.
A senior Department of Justice official said this was not acceptable and that employers had an obligation to vet staff. Deputy secretary general Oonagh Buckley said that when the department was alerted last Wednesday, the concerns were passed on to the Garda National Vetting Bureau.
Ms Buckley said that all staff at the centre, where at least 25 people have tested positive for coronavirus, have now been vetted.
She was responding to questions from Sinn Féin TD for Kerry, Pa Daly. He said rooms at the former Skellig Star Hotel did not have a kettle, many of them were shared rooms, and there was no