Ms Yvonne Keating:

There are two elements to that. The principal is required to report, at regular intervals, to the school board of management about the types of bullying, especially when bullying crosses a threshold and is considered a child protection issue. There is a specific requirement for that type of bullying to be recorded. In that case, there is a particular role for the designated liaison person, who is the member of staff with responsibility for child protection matters in the school. In such instances, the designated liaison person must provide the board with summary data with regard to the number of child protection concerns arising from bullying behaviour and certain documents relating to each such child protection case file. Those documents are specified in section 9.7.2 of the child protection procedures for primary and post-primary schools 2017.