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. Kieran McCann:

My function is as a provincial commissioner. I have 5,000 people in my area and 1,200 volunteers. Only last weekend, and I thank members for questions on the effects of the loss of funding, we had hundreds of volunteers right across the province providing a weekend's activity for thousands of young people. If the staff supports are removed completely from the organisation, such as supports to help with charity regulation, governance training and safeguarding, these responsibilities are going to be placed on volunteers. This would have a serious effect on the ability of volunteers to provide these activities for young people.

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