Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 4 December 2019
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs
Governance Issues in Scouting Ireland: Discussion
Dr. John Lawlor:
When I took office, and up to the time of Mr. Elliott's work, the process when a disclosure was made against an individual was to ask him or her to abstain voluntarily. That was in our code of conduct for volunteers. Mr. Elliott recommended that the arrangement should be strengthened to a procedure of suspension without prejudice.