Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 21 November 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs

Governance Issues in Scouting Ireland: Discussion

9:30 am

Photo of Denise MitchellDenise Mitchell (Dublin Bay North, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister for coming in. I looked over her statement last night and thought it was very positive and then we were hit with a bombshell today. There is very little we can discuss about it. How soon does the Minister hope to meet the board to discuss this sad and distressing news? I was going to ask the Minister questions about it but I do not know if it is appropriate to do so now. According to Scouting Ireland, Mr. Ian Elliot indicated the organisation was under-resourced with regard to safeguarding. Does the Minister think we may have to consider increased funding? How many of the recommendations from Ms van Turnhout's report have been implemented? Is there a timeframe for implementation of all the recommendations?

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