Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 9 May 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs

Governance and Child Protection Policy: Scouting Ireland

4:10 pm

Mr. Ian Elliott:

I am never satisfied. I have reached the position in life that when it comes to safeguarding practice nothing happens quickly enough for me. I want it all to happen yesterday and if not yesterday then today.

The gentlemen accompanying me know I am are very impatient. I am very patient with them and very impatient with others as to why have we not moved this on. We need to move this on more quickly. That is where I am coming from. I give people a hard time because I am passionate about what I do and it all has to happen as soon as possible. One is talking about the safety and well-being of a large number of young people. That is critical. There is no more important issue for any youth organisation than that and that has to be remembered at all times. The safety and well-being of the young people one is dealing with comes first and that is what we have to concentrate on. That is where I am coming from.

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