Mr. Adrian Tennant:

They spoke about how in some cases they tried to bring the matters further or up the line. Either they were not listened to or there was some veil of secrecy or whatever. None of that is deniable by us. That will be forthcoming in the work that Ian Elliot in particular is doing.

This is very important for those 14,000 volunteers the Deputy mentioned, who are working in our communities, and for the parents. I gave the figures earlier for the level of trust they have in Scouting Ireland.

Since the formation of Scouting Ireland, we have reported. There has been a strong history of reporting since 2003, well before we needed to. However, did that reporting take place at the same level in the former organisations? At the moment, that evidently does not appears to be the case. To speak fully on it, we await Mr. Elliot's report, but the evidence to date does not suggest the matter was handled correctly by the former organisations.