Ireland - need regional police certificates?

[rye_212 126]

Hi, Our Packet3 from the Dublin Embassy says "if the applicant has lived at a different part of their country [from where they are currently living]" then they need "a police cert from the police authorities of that locality.".

 

Im currently living in Dublin but previously lived in Munster.  I've got a cert from Gardai in Dublin that refers to all my residences, including Munster.  All the Garda divisions use the one computer system, I think. 

 

But has anyone seen the Embassy reject a cert from Dublin when covering an address eleswhere in the country? 

[Loo1 91]

Would that not be more so if you lived in Northern Ireland because its technically a different jurisdiction? Once it covers all your addresses i cant see why it would be an issue? I have to deal with Garda Clearance for volunteers in work, you're right, its all from one system. Could you call your local station and run it by them? Or email the embassy? 

[rye_212 126]

2 hours ago, Loo1 said:

Would that not be more so if you lived in Northern Ireland because its technically a different jurisdiction? Once it covers all your addresses i cant see why it would be an issue? I have to deal with Garda Clearance for volunteers in work, you're right, its all from one system. Could you call your local station and run it by them? Or email the embassy? 

Good idea, I've emailed the Embassy to ask if they accept the cert issued in Dublin to cover all my Irish residences.  

[rye_212 126]

No response by the Embassy to my query.

 

But when I was at my interview they accepted the Garda cert I provided without any comment or query.