Civic-tech prototype · fictional data
Reusable vetting information, cleaner applications, fewer mistakes, better safeguarding.
In Ireland, the same parent, coach or volunteer often repeats a similar Garda vetting application for every school, club and camp. ClearVolunteer is a working prototype of the less wasteful way to prepare: one profile, a validated address history, consistent forms, tracked applications and consent-based sharing.
Who this is for
Volunteers and parents
Keep one set of facts for every school, club and camp form. See gaps before the Bureau does. Share only what you consent to.
Volunteer landing →Schools and clubs
Request a consented data pack, record that you checked identity in person, then run your own lawful NVB process as usual.
Organisation landing →Officials and TDs
The legislative gap, the working preparation layer, and a 12-minute ask — in one pack. No PPS numbers. No disclosures. No clearance claims.
Officials landing →What the prototype does
Reusable profile
The facts the official form actually asks: names, dates, parents’ names at birth, identity-document metadata. Never a PPS number.
Address timeline
Spot gaps, overlaps, missing Eircodes and missing countries before an official form does.
Consistency checker
Compare today's profile against earlier forms, so a middle name or an end date never quietly changes.
Application tracker
One dashboard for every school, club and camp application, with renewal dates.
Organisation requests
Schools and clubs request a consented data pack with only the fields you approve. Never a private clearance.
Policy demo
A clearly labelled simulation of a future State-backed portable vetting status check.
What it deliberately does not do
- It does not perform Garda vetting or issue clearance.
- It does not decide whether anyone is safe or suitable.
- It does not store criminal disclosures.
- It does not share one organisation's disclosure with another.
- It does not scrape or automate the Garda vetting portal.
- It does not collect PPS numbers. The official form does not require them.
- It does not create risk scores or blacklists.
Garda vetting is conducted on behalf of registered relevant organisations through the National Vetting Bureau. This prototype sits around that lawful process and shows how a person-controlled record and a future State-backed portable status could reduce duplication and improve accuracy.