Crehana N.S. Bí Cineálta- (Anti-Bullying) Policy 2026-2027
Bí Cineálta (Anti-Bullying) Policy Ratified by the Board of Management: September 2025 Next Review: September 2027 (or sooner if required)
Designated Liaison Person (DLP): Ms. Sinéad O’Reilly, Principal
Deputy DLP (DDLP): Mrs. Claire Foster
1. Rationale & Legal/Policy Basis
This stand-alone policy is written in line with the Department of Education’s Bí Cineálta Procedures to Prevent and Address Bullying Behaviour (published 19 June 2024; in effect from 1 September 2025), Circular 0055/2024, and the Department’s Cineáltas: Action Plan on Bullying.
As a Catholic primary school under the patronage of the Bishop of Waterford & Lismore, Crehana N.S. implements these procedures within our Catholic ethos and with reference to diocesan safeguarding guidance….
Please click the link below to read this policy.
Child Protection Policy
In accordance with the requirements of the Children first Act 2015, Children First: National Guidance for the Protection and Welfare of Children 2017. the Addendum to Children First (2019) and 2025, Child Protection Procedures for Schools (2025) and Child Safeguarding: A Guide for Policy, Procedure and Practice 2nd ed, (Tusla 2024), the Board of Management has adopted the Child Safeguarding Statement and Risk Assessment set out in this document. Ploease click the link below to read the full policy.
DOWNLOAD CHILD SAFEGUARDING STATEMENT AND RISK ASSESSMENT 2025-2027
Garda Vetting Forms
If you would like to volunteer or provide support for school outings, you are obliged to fill out a Garda Vetting form and return it to the school secretary for submission.
- Forms should be returned to the school secretary marked confidential for submission to the Garda Vetting unit for processing.
- Please print out the form double sided rather than two separate pages.
The Garda Vetting process is handled via online application only. The process should only take approximately 5 days to complete once you have submitted the application. The process is as follows:
- Complete the Vetting invitation form (NVB1). This is available to download below.
- Bring the completed form with photo ID (either passport or driver’s license) and a utility bill dated within the last six months, as proof of address. Mobile phone bills are not acceptable. The school do not keep copies of these documents on file.
- The school will complete the Garda Vetting Verification ID form by checking the forms of ID you have brought with you.
- The completed Vetting Invitation Form (NVB1) and the Garda Vetting Verification ID Form are then sent to Diocese of Waterford and Lismore offices.
- You will then receive an email inviting you to apply for Garda Vetting Online.
- When you have completed the online application, you will be issued with a reference number.
- All applications must be submitted online within 30 days of receiving the email invitation to apply online, otherwise you will have to begin the process again.
To download the pdf documents:
Attached are two documents, a procedure to guide you in filling out the form and the form itself.
DOWNLOAD CREHANA NS GARDA VETTING APPLICATION FORM PDF
DOWNLOAD GARDA-VETTING-FORM FOR MINORS PDF