Mr. Ian Elliott:

I am responsible for providing safeguarding oversight to Scouting Ireland so if issues arise and they are responded to I will receive the response and will be instrumental in providing that. With regard to the management of the case the chief executive officer, CEO, will make a decision in the first instance because the CEO ultimately has responsibility and will then advise the board on the action taken. I make recommendations to the CEO but do not directly make the decision. My remarks will be prefaced by the statement that if the matter being considered reaches the threshold of the statutory agencies it goes immediately to the statutory agencies, regardless of anything that happens from a Scouting Ireland point of view.