Mr. Cormac Quinlan:

If we believe a child is at immediate risk or there is a requirement to intervene, we will intervene to protect that child. That is first and foremost. If there is a potential concern, where there are allegations rather than findings and there is no proof, we will engage in a process of investigation. We would interview both the person who is accused of the individual abuse and anybody else so as to gather any other information that we have that is relevant. We must make a finding on the basis of a balance of probabilities. It is a 51% threshold and if we believe there is a founded outcome, it is on that basis that we can share the information. Without that finding we are challenged about the constitutional right that a person has to his or her good name. Therefore, we would have to go through what is called a very fair process in making that finding.