Mr. Ian Elliott:

I am happy to answer that question. The first point I want to make is that in trying to establish good safeguarding practice, one encourages the individuals who are the subject of files to have access to the files because they have the opportunity to correct anything which is incorrect. If there are any factual inaccuracies there, they have an opportunity to change them. We would encourage that as a process.

During the ten months that I have been involved with Scouting Ireland, I am not aware of anyone who has come forward to say that he or she wants to have access to the documentation that exists in the organisation relating to himself or herself.