Garda Vetting charge.

Hello,
I have received an application form for a carer's job i wish to apply for, this also includes a form for Garda Vetting, which is fine. But the company asks me to pay them 11 euro for processing the Garda vetting. I checked out the garda website - this indicates that the service is free of charge.

I am curious as to what the charge applies to then. Anyone know?

Thanks in advance.

strange one, my wife was vetted recently for volunteering for the Special Olympcs and there was no charge so unless its an internal processing charge

I was garda vetted for two different companies recently and there was no charge. My son was also vetted with no charge.

Looks like the company is pulling a fast one.

garda vetting

i have heard of nursing home where all workers have to be vetted but nursing home always pays 10euro for each application, not the worker