Anne Rabbitte (Galway East, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister for her presentation but I will focus on what she did not say in it, and on what she just said. She referred to information that came to her last night. That is probably the most shocking part of her entire presentation this morning. It is probably too soon to ask where the Department sits in relation to funding. I will be asking Scouting Ireland later whether any of the 71 alleged abusers are currently in the network or were when Mr. Elliott was carrying out his review. Based on that, what is the position with funding? It all goes back to governance, standards and transparency. I supported the Minister when she suspended the funding last September. She did the right thing. What is the situation now with Scouting Ireland in terms of support from the Department?