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

Mr. Ian Elliott:

Yes. There is really nothing else I can say beyond saying that I met her on one occasion. With regard to skill sets, I share the Deputy's concern about where these will come from. Would we keep them all in-house? We are committed to providing a service and we work in partnership with a variety of different voluntary organisations and groups. If those skill sets are available to us from elsewhere and we are unable to get them in-house, we will be open to that conversation and to trying to bring those people in. The concern for us is making sure those people who need a service are provided with that service. I know from experience that this is quite specialised work and is not readily available in the marketplace, but it is important work. We will explore all possibilities available to us. If it means establishing a partnership with another provider, we will do that.

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