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Civil defence volunteers
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6. (1) A local authority may, in accordance with such directions as may be given by the Minister, admit to its civil defence unit such and so many persons to be civil defence volunteers as it considers necessary and appropriate for the purposes of the provision of civil defence services in the administrative area of the local authority.
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(2) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), the Minister may give directions to local authorities in relation to—
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(a) the classes of persons who are eligible to be civil defence volunteers,
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(b) the form and manner in which an application to be a civil defence volunteer shall be made,
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(c) the conditions for the admission of persons to a civil defence unit as civil defence volunteers, including the requirement to undergo vetting by the National Vetting Bureau of the Garda Síochána in accordance with the Act of 2012,
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(d) conditions with which a civil defence volunteer shall comply, including, but not limited to:
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(i) standards of training;
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(ii) attendance for duties;
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(iii) compliance with any relevant code of practice;
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(iv) vetting by the National Vetting Bureau of the Garda Síochána in accordance with the Act of 2012.
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(3) Subject to and in accordance with any grievance and disciplinary procedures set out in a code of practice, a local authority may revoke the registration of a civil defence volunteer.
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(4) A person shall cease to be a civil defence volunteer where—
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(a) the local authority concerned revokes the registration of that volunteer, or
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(b) the person resigns as a civil defence volunteer.
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